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JUNE 4, 1910. FOREIGN AVIATION Mourmelon to Rheims. THE weather conditions being favourable, Lindpaintner decided to again pay an aerial visit to some friends of his at Rheims on his Henry Farman machine on the 24th ult. During the morning he had •carried several passengers for trial trips over the camp, and a little past four in the afternoon, after a preliminary run round the parade ground, he left Mourmelon in the direction of Rheims. He parsed over Rheims Cathedral, and afterwards landed on the Bethenay flying ground. Although a heavy wind had sprung up, when rested for a few minutes, he decided to return. It proved too strong, and he •could only cover ssven kiloms. of the return journey, landing on one of the farms belonging to the Marquis de Polignac. Maurice Farman Visits Ble'rlot. ON the morning of the 24th ult. Maurice Farman, accompanied by Tabateau, decided to take advantage of a favourable wind to pay •a visit to Bleriot at Toury and witness his experiments. Having the •wind behind, a very fast trip was made, a little less than 20 minutes being taken for the 30 kiloms.' journey. Farman School at Etampes. SPLENDID progress has been made during the past week at the 'new Farman school at Etampes, and the pupils Togni, Baskine, Matziewich, Baugriet, Florence, Andre, Hins, Tokugowa, Somerset and Blanchard have been given lessons by M. Mahieu. On Saturday last the instructor made twenty flights of varying duration, •each time being accompanied by a pupil. Bruneau de Laborie is now master of his machine. He flew for an hour on Saturday, half an hour on the previous day, and twenty minutes on Monday. Mdlle. Aboukaia made a passenger flight of half an hour's duration •on Monday. Doings at Mourmelon. The Farman School.—Tetard, on the 24th, was in the air for an hour, and on the 26th won an Ae.C.F. 25-kilom. prize, •although a very strong wind was blowing. He has also been testing several new machines, these trial trips generally being ot twenty minutes' duration. Most of the pupils have migrated to the new school at Etampes, but Didier has continued his training, as well as Lebedeff, who passed for his pilot's certificate on Saturday. The •military pupils have been out every day, and on Saturday one of them—Lieut. Bellenger—carried Miss Bird as a passenger for a short trip. Mr. Henry Farman himself was trying his new machine •on Monday, and carried several passengers. The Antoinette School.—On the 24th ult. Latham paid a visit •to Mourmelon and flew for half an hour on a new machine. Labouchere also was out for 15 minutes, and rose to a height of 150 metres. The pupils, Lafond, Thomas and Gobe, have all made .good progress, and on Saturday Capt. Burgeat twice made a twenty- minute flight. On Sunday, in spite of a brisk breeze, Wachter easily wen the fourth Ae.C.F. debutante prize with a flight of 25 kiloms., while in the afternoon he was flying for 50 mins. and irose to a height of 200 metres. Other Progress.—In his first three trials on his new Voisin last week end, Mr. Albert Niel flew 15, 20, and 20 minutes respectively, and Bunau-Varilla, on a new racing Voisin, circled Tound the flying ground four times on Monday at a very high speed. The other Voisin pupils, Mdlle. Itier, de Langhe, Ruchonnet, Gabriel, and Copetta, have each made short flights of 5 to i° mins. each. Duval on the Saulnier monoplane has also scored several good flights, the best being on Monday, when he was up three times for a distance of 2 kiloms. at a height of 10 metres. Progress at Issy. ON Friday of last week the Crown Prince of Turkey paid a visit to Issy, and inspected the various flying machines M. Leblanc twice flew round the parade ground for the entertainment of the royal visitor, while Anzani tested his modified Bleriot, but did not leave the ground for any considerable distance. Obre, on the monoplane of his own design, made two long jumps of 400 metres on the 27th ult. Taurin executed the necessary flights for his pilot certificate on his Bleriot on Saturday, and in the evening flew round the ground nine times. Audemard also made eight circuits on his Clement "Demoiselle," while M. Clement, on his Clement- Bayard biplane, was observed making the first qualifying flight for his pilot certificate. Sommer at Mouzon. USING a new machine, Sommer on Friday of last week made a trip of 15 mins., while Lindpaintner, who has recently been doing AND AIRSHIP NEWS. so well on a Henry Farman machine, at his second trial, on a Sommer, kept going for 20 mins., attaining a height of 400 metres. Vallon covered 15 kiloms. in a closed circuit on Sunday. Hanriot School at Rheims. ON Saturday evening Marcel Hanriot, on his monoplane, made the necessary flights to qualify for his Ae.C.F. pilote-aviateur certificate. Sommer at Mourmelon. REALISING the splendid nature of Chalons Camp as a training ground for pupils, M. Sommer has decided to transfer his school to Mourmelon. It will be remembered that at the time when the recent disastrous storm swept over the camp M. Sommer had just erected several sheds there. These have been replaced, and every thing is now ready. Dubonnet Has a Fall. WHILE practising on his Tellier monoplane, on the 28th ult., at Draveil, M. Dubonnet met with a nasty mishap, through the sudden stopping of his engine. He was flying at a height of ten metres at the time, and as a result of the sudden drop the machine was seriously damaged, but the aviator escaped unhurt. A Mishap to M. Martinet. HAVING got the damage sustained by his machine in its sudden landing at Neufmoutiers repaired, M. Martinet arranged to start on another series of cross-country flights on Friday of last week. Unfortunately, a wire stay gave way just as he had started, and the machine crashed to the ground. Although the biplane was wrecked, the aviator escaped unhurt. L, Bleriot Repeats his Toury to Etampes Trip. MOUNTED on a monoplane of the modified cross-Channel type, M. Bleriot, on the 28th, repeated his excursion of a year ago by flying from his trial ground at Toury to Elampes, a distance of 30 kiloms. This little trip was made at 5 a.m., with the same ease as anyone else going for a motor car ride before breakfast. Later in the day Leblanc mounted the machine and flew it back to Toury, passing over Toury at a height of 150 metres. Leblatic Goes to Chartres. THE next day to that on which these excursions were made, M. Leblanc spied out the land from Toury to Chartres, and arranged to fly there on Monday morning. A violent wind was blowing, however, and it was decided to postpone the excursion. Later in the day the wind dropped, and then M. Leblaac started off. Unfortunately, the petrol supply gave out, and the aviator was forced to land a little over a kilometre short of his destination. He covered about 45 kiloms., which was in itself an excellent per formance. Cross-Country Flying by French Military Officers. BY way of practice for their projected trip from Mourmelon to Vincennes, Lieut. Fequant and Capt. Marconnet carried out a The Herring-Burgess biplane in its latest form. It will be noticed that two additional fins have been fitted since the machine was described in this journal on April 23rd last. 435
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