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1910
1910 - 0809.PDF
Military Aviators Fly Back to Chalons. LEAVING Lafere at six o'clock on the morning of the 21st, Adjt. Menard and Lieut. Cachat, mounted on their Henry Farman machine, arrived back at Chalons an hour and three quarters later. During the trip they kept at an average altitude of 1,000 metres. Rapid Tuition at the Hanriot School. AFTER having received only one hour's instruction on his Hanriot machine, George Bathiat, whose brother has made some good performances on the Breguet biplane, determined to try for his pilot's certificate, and easily made the three necessary flights at Rheims on Saturday last. Trials with Gordon-Bennett Machines. BOTH the Bleriot and Antoinette machines which have been built to take part in the Gordon-Bennett race have been put through their trials, but naturally all details as to their speed capabilities are being kept secret. On Monday Latham paid a visit to Mourmelon and made a flight on his G.B. machine, which is fitted with a ioo-h.p. motor, while on the previous Friday Leblanc was practising with his Bleriot, which is equipped with a ioo-h.p. Gnome. A Spanish Prince Learning to Fly. AMONG the notable persons taking lessons just now at the Antoinette School at Mourmelon is Prince Alfonso of Orleans. On Friday last week, both the Prince and his wife were carried by Laffont, while on Monday Latham continued the tuition of the Royal pupil. Activity at Issy. DURING the past week or so there has been a lot of practising at Issy. Anzani has resumed his experiments with a Bleriot mono plane fitted with a 5-cyl. engine of his own design. J. Labouchere, cousin of the Antoinette pilot, has been making some good flights on a Zodiac monoplane, as also has Pierre Debroutelle. Colliex has been busy testing the two-seated Voisin. Garros with his Demoiselle has made several fine performances, and Mdlle. Jane Herveu, as well as several other Bleriot pupils, have been taking lessons at the Bonnet-Labranche school. Taking Heavy Passengers. LAST week, at the Farman school at Etampes, Mahieu, after giving lessons to a number of pupils, picked out the two heaviest, each of whom turns the scale at 12 stone, and perching them up behind him on his Henry Farman biplane, took them for a lengthy jaunt over the aerodrome. M. Ch. Hour-y^s Aviation School. A NEW French school has been opened at Chartres by M. Houry, who is so well known in the past in connection with automobiles, and from the early days of flying in France with aviation. Part of his system will be to start his pupils on a small Bleriot XI model, the next step being on a 30-40-h.p. Gregoire- Gyp of 24 metres area, the final stage being on a full-sized Antoinette. The school, which is about 60 miles from Paris, on the fine Beauce Plains, was inaugurated by Princess Dolgorouki, who after a few days' tuition at the hands of M. Deletany, the chief pilot instructor, made a first flight of 2 kiloms. round the flying grounds. Visits Exchanged by Aeroplane. Two interesting flights were made between Etampes and Buc on Thursday last week. In the morning M. Michel Mahieu, accompanied by a passenger, in his Henry Farman biplane, easily traversed the distance from Etampes to Buc, and in the afternoon Mr. Maurice Farman made the trip from Buc to Etampes. On the following day he returned to Buc, passing over Rambouillet en route, and stopping at Ablia for breakfast. On the same machine Commandant Duperron flew over to St. Cyr in the afternoon. Military Aviation In Italy. FOLLOWING the leasing by the Italian Government of Sig Leonino da Zara's aerodrome at Boloventa, for the purpose of founding a military aviation school there, it is announced that Sig. Zara has been nominated as a Lieutenant of the Special Brigade. Olieslaegers beats Dutch Records. IN the course of a flight from Rotterdam to Scheveningen and back on Sunday, Olieslaegers beat both the Dutch duration (55 minutes) and the height (1,000 metres) records. The distance traversed was about 100 kiloms., and at the finish the aviator had a most enthusiastic reception, being greeted by the Minister oi War among other prominent personages. St. Louis to New York Race. A CROSS-COUNTRY race is being organised in America to commence on November 24th. It will start from St. Louis and the finish will be at New Yoik. The competitors will be required to cover the distance of a little over a thousand miles in six stages, viz., St. Louis to Cincinnati, Cincinnati to Columbus, Columbus to Cleveland, Cleveland to Harrisburg, Harrisburg to Philadelphia, and Philadelphia to New York. Regulations for Height Records. DOUBTLESS in view of the difficulty of registering the heights now reached by aeroplanes, the reporter-secretaiy of the Aero Club of France, Commandant Ferrus, has been instructed to prepare a series of regulations for height records. "Col. Renard" Visits Chalons. A CRUISE of 400 kiloms. from Issy to Chalons and back was carried out successfully on Friday of last week with the dirigible "Col. Renard," under the command of Capt. Delassus. Issy was left at 7.30 a.m., and rising to a height of 400 metres the airship made a rapid journey to Chalons, assisted by a light breeze. Arrived at Chalons-sur-Marne, the airship landed in order that the tanks might be replenished. This accomplished, the return trip was begun, and Issy was reached at 11.30 a.m., the last stage of the cruise including a detour over Vincennes, Senlis, Chantilly, St. Denis and St. Cloud. During the evening of the same day the airship was out again, and cruised for an hour. ® ® ® ® M. POILLOT. ANOTHER fatal accident has occurred in France, this time with a type of biplane against which no serious accident had been recorded hitherto. This is the Savary, a characteristic feature of which is the system of two propellers. The victim was Edmond Poillot, who forsook journalism a few months ago to take up aviation, and had made many successful flights with the Savary machine. On Sunday morning, at Chartres, he had carried out four trips with pupils, and then started off on a fifth trial with another pupil, Partiot. He rose to a height of 80 metres, and was circling the grounds, when the machine was seen to tilt suddenly and fall to earth. Both the occupants were thrown out, Poillot with such force that his back was broken, so that he was killed almost instantly. Partiot, luckily, was only slightly injured. No explanation is forth coming as to the cause of the accident, but it is surmised that it came about by a treacherous gust of wind. M. Poillot, who was last week killed at Chartres.
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