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1910 - 0627.PDF
AUGUST 6, 1910. half an hour on his Sommer machin", ani Van den Born for a quarter of an hour. The Meeting at Caen. » THE opening day of this meeting on Wednesday of last week was very successful, for seven flyers were out, the most industrious being young Marcel Hanriot, whose cumulative flying time for the day was2h. 55m. 50s., Martinet coming second with only 5 mins. less. The other flyers out were Paillette (Sommer), Renaux (M Farman), Chauveau (Antoinette), Crochon (H. Farman), Daillens (Sommer). The daily height prize went to Paillette, who rose to 297 metres. Thursday was an off day, and the only flying was 10 mins. by Hanriot and Morane and 3 mins. by Paillette. Friday, however, was a busy day, the chief event being the cross-country race in which the competitors had to travel round the tower of the church at Bellengreville. Morane, Hanriot and Renaux competed, and they finished in that order, Morane's time for the 21 Idioms, being 13 mins. 56 sees., Hanriot's 18 mins. 15I sees., and Renaux's 23 mins. 56 sees. Morane also won the height prize, going up to 908 metres, while Hanriot was second, although he only reached 284 metres. Saturday saw all the flyers in the air, and in addition three officers—Lieuts. Cammerman, Cronier and Aquaviva, all on Henry Farman machines—were competing for the speed prize. They finished in the order given, Lieut. Cammerman's time being 13 mins. 6| sees. During the day Paillette was flying for three hours and a quarter, while Hanriot's total was 3 hrs. 2 mins. On [/jjGHTf Sunday Crochon was not out, but there were again eight flyers practising as Aubrun turned up with his Bleriot. Hanriot by his total of 2h. 19m. 49s. for the day further improved his position as leader in the totalisation competition. Chauveau also totalled 2h. 1 im 1U during the day, while Martinet was third with ih. 17m. 20L 1 he special contest for the day was the eliminating trials for the speed- prize. Among the monoplanes Morane was first, Aubrun second, Hanriot third and Chauveau fourth, while among the biplane* Kenaux on his Maurice Farman proved best, with Martinet and Daillens second and third. Monday was another off day, the weather being entirely against flying. After official hours had closed, Lieut. Cammerman and Lieut. Cronier competed for M. Deutsch's prize, the former flying for 22 mins. 40 sees, and the latter for 20 mins. 11 sees. The Marseilles Meeting. ALTHOUGH the meeting at Marseilles was continued last week, very little flying was seen. On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, both Yallon, on his Sommer, and Fischer, on his Henry Farman machine, made short flights, and on Sunday last, the closing day, Dufour arrived with his Bleriot. He made a couple of short flights, and for the first time during the fortnight the spectators saw two machines in the air at one time. Fischer made the longest flight, which lasted half an hour, during which time he flew over the city of Marseilles. Henry Farman Carries Three Passengers for an Hour. A REMARKABLE step forward was made on Monday last at Mourmelon, when Mr. Henry Farman, on a biplane of his No. 11 type, carried three passengers, MM. Vuillaume, Roth and Lepoix, for 1 hr. 4 mins., the total weight carried, including passengeis, oil and petrol, being 285 kilogs. And De Baeder, on a Breguet, also Takes up Three. ON the same day, at Douai, De Baeder, on the Breguet biplane, also carried three passengers, MM. R. Castro (79 kilogs.), L. Briancon (74 kilogs.), and F. Guilbert (66 kilogs.), for a short flight. M. de Baeder weighs 69 kilogs. himself, and the total weight carried, checked by the Aero Club of France officials, was 322 kilogs. The machine was the same as that which was at Rheims. On Sunday De Baeder secured the Bocquet prize by flying from Douai to Vimy. It will be remembered that M. Sommer was the first to fly with three passengers some time ago at Mouzon. The French Coupe Michelin. AMONG the official results issued in connection with the Rheims meeting it was announced that Olieslaegers was the leader to date in this year's competition for the French Michelin Oup. It was overlooked that the competitor must be a member of the club of the country in which the flight was made. In consequence of this the Belgian aviator was not eligible, and so Labouchere takes first place with his flight of 340'25 kiToms. Chateau and Audemars on the Tellier. SOME very fine flights have recently been made by Chateau on his Tellier monoplane. On the 27th he went up from the Draveil flying ground, and circled above Juvisy for some time, and then cut off the ignition and planed down safely to the ground from a height of 200 metres. He repeated this performance in the afternoon. Last Saturday morning a still better performance was carried out. Leaving Draveil he headed for Buc, and after 20 minutes landed there by planing down from 300 metres. Half an hour later his mechanics arrived in a motor car, and after replenishing, the Panhard motor was again started, and Chateau left on the return journey, which was safely accomplished. Audemars has been practising on the machine with which M. Dubonnet has been so successful, and it is expected that he will be flying one of these new racing machines at Lanark. Dufour in a Pond. DUFOUR had an exciting time at Palavas, near Montpellier, last week. On Wednesday, in trying to avoid the crowd which gathered round the spot where he wanted to alight, he broke a propeller. On Thursday, after waiting several hours in order to witness a flight, the crowd became impatient. In order to appease then M. Dufour determined to go up, although his Blsriot machine needed some adjustment. He had flown 300 yards and was just crossing a pond when the machine suddenly dropped. Fortunately the water was shallow, and so neither aviator nor monoplane were seriously hurt. Paulhan a Chevalier. IN Monday's Journal Officiel an announcement was made that Louis Paulhan had been created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. Already the hero of the London to Manchester flight had received official recognition by being made an Officer of Reserve, and this is a further distinction. At present M. Paulhan is resting on his laurels at Satrouville, and is said to be making preparations for launching out as an aeroplane manufacturer. wmmm ~o / ^ 1 a •« 2uJ 1 Mdme. "Franck" (and her husband, Mr. Hewetson), who- has made so many successful flights on the Continent* and who met with an accident while flying at Boldon on Monday. It will be remembered Mdme. Franck hoped to fly the Channel on her Henry Farman recently, but the stormy weather prevented her attempt. 625
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