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(/USED JUNE 18, 1910. The Budapest Flying Meeting. LAST week we recorded the doings on the two opening days ot the important flying week at Budapest. On the 7th, the principal item on the programme was the race from Budapest to Gyser (ii5kiloms.) and back, but Pischoff was the only starter, and he was forced by the bad weather to land at Labalan, and later he flew on to Dunaalmaas, 68 kiloms. from the start. A serious accident occurred to Efimoff, whose machine capsized, throwing him out and breaking his arm. Late in the afternoon, when the weather had calmed down, Wagner flew for I hr. 3 mins., and also took part in the height competition with Kinet and Illner. The latter, on the Etrich monoplane, was the winner, reaching a height of 449 metres. On the following day the weather was again unsuitable for flying, but in the evening N. Kinet, Wagner, Latham, Frey, and Chavez all tried for the height prize, but Chavez was the only one to get very high, he reaching 442 metres. Thursday was an unlucky day, and three aviators came to grief. Andre Frey fell on to the railings in front of the grand stand, Latham had an accident through the motor setting fire to a control cord, whilst Bievolucie brought his Sanchez - Besa machine down with a crash. Wagner secured the honours of the day, flying 137 kiloms. in 2h. 2m. 42s., while Illner was second with 93"8 kiloms. in ih. 45m. 40s., and Frey third, with 44 kiloms. in 43 mins. 54 sees. For the speed prize three competitors covered the io kiloms. course as follows :— Illner, 8 mins. 43I sees.; Wagner, 8 mins. 47f sees. ; Jullerot, 9 mins. 10 sees. For the height prize Illner went up to 417 metres, Chavez being second with 311 metres. On Friday Wagner and Engelhardt were the only two to fly. The former flew 42 kiloms. in 39 mins. 50 sees., while the latter, on his Wright, covered 15 kiloms. in as many minutes. Both Illner and Wagner met with slight mishaps through landing too suddenly. On Saturday no flying was possible owing to the wind, but Sunday saw some of the champions at work again. Wagner covered 129 kiloms. in 2h. 3m. 46s., Kinet did 103-6 kiloms. in ih. 44m. 50s., and Mme. de la Roche was up for 40 mins. 20 sees. In the height contest Frey was best with 198 metres, and Latham second with 151 metres. The latter also won the speed prize, his time for the 10 kiloms. being 7 mins. 56 sees., while in the slow compatition Engelhardt was timed to do the 10 kiloms. in 11 mins. 47 sees. Capt. Engelhardt also secured the passenger prize with a trip of 19 mins. 52 sees. Mondorf Bad Flying Meeting. ON the 7th inst. the weather at Mondorf was against flying until late in the afternoon, and then Christiaens on the H. Farman, Mollien on the Bleriot, and Petrowsky on his Sommer, each made short flights, the longest being by the last mentioned, of 24 minutes. Similar conditions prevailed on the following day, when the same flyers were out, with the addition of Barrier on a Bleriot. On the gth, Christians, Petrowsky and Mollien were the only three to fly, and an interesting contest was fought between the two first-named for the prize ior the longest distance without landing. It was won by Christiaens, who flew for 59 mins. 28 sees., beating Petrowsky by I min. 57! sees. The latter, however, won the daily prize for the longest time in the air, being aloft altogether for an hour and three quarters, half an hour longer than his opponent. High winds practically precluded flying on Friday although Christiaens went up for a quarter of an hour, and on Saturday a similar state of affairs continued, when Christiaens contented himself with one round of the 2-5 kilom. course in 2 mins. 30J sees. The final day saw Petrowsky and Christiaens competing for the height and starting prizes, both falling to the lot of the former. For the height prize he got up to 102 metres, while for the starting prize he rose in 84-6 metres, 4 metres better than the best effort of Christiaens. During the whole eight days Christiaens' cumulative flying time was 2h. 50m. 39s., and he won the first prize, Fetrowsky being second with 2h. 46m. 14s. Juvisy Flying Meeting. WITH Dubonnet as the "starturn^" a week flying meeting opened at Port Aviation, Juvisy, on Thursday of last week. Dufour brought out a Voisin, and was the first up, but came to grief after one round. During the day Dubonnet, on the Tcllier, covered 37 kiloms. Didier, on his Henry Farman, just reached 30 kiloms. ; Champel, on a Voisin, 25 kiloms.; and Audemars, on a Demoiselle, 5 kiloms. The next day was very boisterous, and Dubonnet was the only one to venture out during the time the meeting was on. He traversed I2'655 kiloms. in 11 mins. 28| sees. Late in the evening Audemars made four circuits of the ground, and Didier also went round. On Saturday, however, the weather was much better, and Dubonnet flew 120 kiloms. during the day, while Didier covered about half that distance, and Audemars 23 kiloms. The flying seen on Sunday was even better still. Ladougne on his Goupy, and Deletang on a Bleriot, were among the performers ; while Chaveau, on an Antoinette, in tiie course of a short trial for the height prize, went up to 130 metres, but was beaten by 5 metres by Ladougne. The longest flights were 65'36 kiloms. in I hr. 14 mins. by Dubonnet, 57-846 kiloms. in I hr. 4 mins. by Didier, and 20*526 kiloms. in 18 mins. 32A sees, by Audemars. On Monday again wind and rain were supreme, and the aviators with one accord decided not to attempt any flying. Flying Week at Crau. ON Sunday, the opening day of a flying week at the Crau aerodrome, near Marseilles, Cheuret and Daniel Kinet, with their Henry Farman machines, were the only ones to go up. Cheuret made three trial trips of varying length, and then he took up his wife for a short spin, an example which was quickly followed by Kinet. Capt. Dickson beating the passenger-carrying record on his Henry Farman machine at the Anjou Aviation Meeting. 470
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