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JUNE 25, 1910. between 40 and 50 kiloms. an hour, and he afterwards planed down from a height of 300 metres. On Sunday he, as well as Wachter, were flying, and several times planed down from heights of 400 metres. The pupils Gobe, Thomas and Lafond have each made good progress, and flights of a quarter of an hour's duration are quite usual with them. The Farman School.—On the 16th inst. Mr. Henry Farman took one of the Japanese officers for a short trip, while the pupils, Weyman, Fischer, and Loraine, each made trial flights. The latter have been continuing their training every day, and on Saturday Weyman was flying over the surrounding country with a passenger. The Voisin School.—A distinguished pupil at the present time at the Voisin school is Nazzaro, the famous racing car driver, and at his debut on Monday he made some good short flights. On the same day De Ridder flew for an hour and five minutes, and lacer took up some passengers. Mel and Ravetto were also out, circling round the ground several times, and in the morning, in spite of a strong wind, De Lepage was up for 50 mins. The Sommer School.—On Sunday the pupils, Beaugnies and Caumont, each covered three circuits. Molla at his fourth trial kept up for 20 minutes, and DaHlers also made a flight of similar duration accompanied by his wife. Maasdyk, at his second lesson, flew six circuits. Practice at Issy. ON Sunday, Maurice Clement was trying a new monoplane of original design, while Aubrun on his Bleriot was flying at a good height. Several other Bleriot pupils have been out during the week, and one of them, De Cederstrom, of Stockholm, travelled over Auteuil and Billancourt on Monday. Garrof on a Demoiselle and Darioli on a Saulnier are others who have been doing well during the past two or three days. Harding at Amberieu. MR. HARDING has been making good progress with his J. A. P. monoplane at Amberieu recently, and on Saturday he twice described a figure eight over the flying ground. Trials at Juvisy. A LARGE crowd went out to Juvisy on Sunday afternoon and witnessed some good flying there. Capt. Burgeat, on his Antoinette, made a splendid flight of four circuits of the course, and Cham pel on his Voisin, Ladougne on the Goupy, and Busson on a Bleriot also made good trials. Later Champel took up a lady passenger, while Lesire on a Voisin left the grounds, and went for an excursion over Lavigny, an exploit which was duplicated by Champel on the following day. Aubrun Flies Across Country. RISING from the Issy parade ground on Saturday evening, Aubrun, on his Bleriot, which is fitted with a Clement-Bayard motor, passed over the Seine and flew above Auteuil. He then returned to Issy and landed after a flight of 35 minutes, as certified by the officials of the Aero Club of France. An Aerial Grand Prix. FOR the aerial race which is to take place between August 7th and 17th for the 100,000 francs prize offered by the Matin, the course selected is Troyes, Nancy, Mezieres-Charleville, Douai, Amiens, and Paris. It is probable that the starting place will be the polygon at the Vincennes military barracks. Official Visit to the French Wright Factory. ON Saturday last the French Minister of Works, M. Viviani, paid a visit to the works of the Compagnie Generate de Navigation Aerienne, at Villacoublay, where the French Wright machines are constructed. Count Lambert, M. Rene Gasnier, and Lieuts. Maillot and Chevreau each gave exhibition flights, and Count Lambert carried M. Viviani for a short trip. Turkish Mission at Issy. THE mission from the Ottoman Government, which is now touring France, visited Issy on Sunday last. Their first experience on arriving there was to witness the start of eleven balloons. After that a visit was paid to the shed inwhich the " Ville de Bruxelles " reposes, and the various parts of this dirigible were inspected and explained. On leaving the shed the visitors saw the "Libert^" being taken out for a I/PGHT] trial spin, and she was manoeuvred for some time over the camp. To complete the entertainment, Leblanc, on the Bleriot, and Lieut. Fequent, on his Henry Farman biplane, gave a series of exhibition flights, the latter carrying several passengers, in cluding General Nechad Pasha, Governor of Constantinople, On landing from this last-mentioned trip a slight mishap occurred, but without any serious consequences. Aeroplane v. Train. AFTER flying over the camp at Mourmelon for some time on his Bleriot machine, Ehrmann flew over to the station at Buoy just as a train was leaving. He quickly got in front of it, and after leading it for four kiloms. turned and went back to the camp. Flying over Copenhagen Sound. ON the 14th inst., Nervoe on his Voisin and Count Maltke on an Ellehommer monoplane, arianged to attempt to fly across Copenhagen Sound. Both aviators started their motors at the same time, but Nervoe was the first to get away. He then decided to land on the sea-shore and make some trials before attempting the transmarine trip. Count Maltke rose a few minutes after Nervoe, bat his machine fell a few seconds after, and the aviator sustained severe bruises. By this time so strong a wind had risen that it was decided to postpone operations for the day. Herr Robl Killed. IT is comparatively speaking only a few days ago since Thaddeus Robl, after winning success upon success in cycle races, decided to turn his attention to flying, and learnt to fly a Farman biplane. He rapidly attained proficiency, and arranged to fly at a meeting arranged to take place at Stettin. On Saturday evening a squally wind was blowing, and none of the aviators deemed it advisable to go up. At this the crowd showed signs of anger, and, in response to calls for him, Robl decided to attempt a flight. He reached a height of about 200 ft., and was then descending, when the machine was apparently caught by a squall and capsized. It fell to the ground and Robl was buried beneath the wreckage. On being extricated it was found that his neck was broken, and he expired in a few minutes without regaining consciousness. High Flying at Indianapolis. ON Thursday of last week Mr. Brookins, at Indianapolis, succeeded in beating his previous height record of 4,384 feet by rising to 4,803 feet (1,463 metres) on his Wright machine. These figures have been officially confirmed and therefore now constitute the world's record. A VICTIM OF MOB CLAMOUR.—Herr Thaddeus Robl and his wife. Herr Robl met his death on Saturday last at Stettin, when, to appease the unreasoning clamour of the public who had assembled to witness some flying exhibitions, he ascended In very treacherous winds. This incident should be a warning to the British public at the coming exhibitions and meetings, that at the present stage of aviation it is hardly up to the standard of their sporting instincts to insist upon the flying men risking death merely to gratify their pleasure at the moment.
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