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1910
1910 - 0510.PDF
I/KS JOLY 2, 1910. THE ROUEN MEETING. IN our last issue we gave the results at Rouen up to Tuesday last, when Capt. Dickson was leading in the competition for the longest distance flown. On Wednesday Verstraeten was the hero of the day, and covered 141 kiloms., Cattaneo being next with 117 kiloms., and Capt. Dickson third with 105 kiloms. Altogether there were a dozen aviators who ventured out in the after noon, but the flying was cut short by a violent storm in the evening. One stirring incident was a race between Verstraeten and Paillette on Sommers, and Latham on the Antoinette. Morane won the height prize, rising on his Bleriot to 290 metres. There was a similar prize on the following day and at a first attempt Morane got up to 434 metres. This was later beaten by EfimofT (444 metres), and Chavez (497 metres), and then Morane made a second trial, this time reaching 521 metres. Morane also made a trip round Rouen Cathedral greatly to the delight of the crowds who witnessed it. Unfortunately Capt. Dickson met with a> slight mishap on this day, which gave Cattaneo the chance once more to gain the lead in the totalisation contest. Hanriot did most flying during the day, covering 135 kiloms., while Dubonnet was second, 123 kiloms., and Cattaneo third, 105 kiloms. Capt. Dickson carried a passenger for 27 kiloms. in 28 mins. 49 sees. On Friday the weather was really bad and only eight flyers ventured out. It afforded Latham, however, an opportunity of displaying his airmanship, and he flew while the wind was blowing its hardest. He led on the day's results, having covered 51 kiloms., whilst Audemars was second on the Demoiselle with 39 kiloms. In the preliminary speed trials over 9 kiloms. the latter was best, his time being 7 mins. 3f sees., Latham taking second in 7 mins. 35 sees., Hanriot third in 7 mins. 59A sees., and Dickson fourth in 9 mins. 1 sec. On Saturday the duel between Cattaneo and Capt. Dickson was resumed, and at the end of the day they were exactly equal, each having flown 696 kiloms. Unfortunately Cattaneo collided with Latham, which placed the Bleriot out of the running ; but just previous to this it had won the speed prize, doing the 9 kiloms. in 7 mins. 20 sees., beating Latham's 7 mins. 26 sees, and Dubonnet's 7 mins. 59 sees. On the day's flying Dubonnet led with 150 kiloms., while Latham covered 135 kiloms., Hanriot 99 kiloms., Paillette 72 kiloms., Kuller 66 kiloms., and Capt. Dickson 60 kiloms. On the last day the weather was again unpropitious, and the two Antoinettes were in the air most ; that of Kuller covering 99 kiloms., while Latham was second with 54 kiloms. Capt. Dickson was out, and covered 51 kiloms., and thus finally secured his position as leader in the totalisation competition. Cattaneo made a valiant effort, after repairing his machine in record time, to catch up to Dickson, but he could only add 35 kiloms. to his score, and so had to be content with second place. The results of the different com petitions held during the meeting are shown below. Height Prize. 1. Morane (Bleriot) 521 metres. 2. Chavez (H. Farman) ... 497 () Speed Prize (9 kiloms.). 1. Cattaneo (Bleriot) 2. Latham (Antoinette) 3. Dubonnet (Tellier) Longest Distance Without Landing. 1. Dickson (H. Farman), 141 kiloms. ... 2. Cattaneo (Bleriot), 117 kiloms. 3. Latham (Antoinette), 84 kiloms. 4. Verstraeten (Sommer), 81 kiloms. ... 5. Paillette (Sommer), 66 kiloms. h. m. s. 2 27 44 1 15 29 1 7 o Planing Prize. 1. Bathiat (Breguet) 2. Dickson (H. Farman)... Circuit Speed Prize. 1. Oattaneo (Bleriot) 2. Audemars (Demoiselle)... 3. Morane (Bleriot) ... Grand Prix de Normandie. 1. Paillette (Sommer), 18 kiloms... Passenger Prize. 1. Efimoft (H. Farman) 2. Morane (Bleriot) 3. Dickson (H. Farman) Prize for Total Distance Flown. 1. Dickson (H. Farman) 2. Cattaneo (Bleriot) ... 3. Latham (Antoinette) 4. Dubonnet (Tellier) ... ... 5. Hanriot (Hannot) ... 6. Audemars (Demoiselle Clement-Bayard)... 7. Verstraeten (Sommer) 8. Kuller (Antoinette) 9. Morane (Bleriot) ... 10. Paillette (Sommer) 11. Efimoff(H. Farman) 12. Bruneau de Laborie (H. Farman) 13. Christiaens (H. Farman) 14. Bathiat (Breguet) 15. Mme. de Laroche (Voisin) 16. Van den Born (H. Farman) 17. Dufour (Voisin) 18. Chavez (H. Farman) 19. Metrot (Voisin) 426 metres 204 ,, 24l 30H 17 12 180 kiloms. 157 .. 141 747 kiloms. 735 521 507 489 „ 261 ,, 255 192 ,, 165 „ 156 „ 141 126 ,, 48 „ 36 „ 30 „ 21 .,, 18 12 Altogether a sum of 153,270 frs. was expended in prize money, and the aggregate amount taken by each of the aviators was as follows:— 1. Dickson, 28,100 frs. ; 2. Morane, 22,800 frs. ; 3. Cattaneo, 22,800 frs. ; 4. Efimoff, 14,900 frs. ; 5. Latham, 14,460 frs. ; 6. Dubonnet, 12,400 frs. ; 7. Hanriot, 9,100 frs. ; 8. Audemars, 6,900 frs. ; 9. Chavez, 5,040 frs. ; 10. Paillette, 3,700 frs. ; 11. Verstraeten, 3,600 frs. ; 12. Bathiat, 3,600 frs.; 13. Kuller, 2,900 frs. ; 14. Christiaens, 2,750 frs. ; 15. Bruneau de Laborie, 500 frs.; 16. Mme. De Laroche, 150 frs. ; 17. Dufbur, 90 frs. ; Poster for the Rouen Aviation Meeting held last week. 18. Van den Born, 50 frs. ; 19. Metrot, 30 frs. SO8
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