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OCTOBER 15, 1910. A Royal Monoplane. TRIALS are being made at Rheims by a Russian prince with a special Hanriot monoplane which he has had built. It is painted in white and gold, and fitted up in a luxurious manner, similar to the boats attached to the royal yacht. Some very satisfactory flights have been made, and the royal owner has declared his intention of flying from Brussels to St. Petersburg. French Poet's Taste of Aviation. AMONG the visitors to Mourmelon on Sunday last who were gratified with a flight by the side of Mr. Henry Farman was Anatole France, the well-known French poet-novelist. The trip was made on a biplane of military type, and on landing Anatole France declared that he was enchanted with the trip through the air. A few days previously Edmond Rostand was visited at Biarritz by Tabuteau on his Maurice Farman biplane. Much to the gratification of the distinguished French dramatist and his family, Tabuteau made several fancy flights over and around the mansion. Buc to Chartres and Back. LEAVING the Buc flying ground on his Maurice Farman machine on Saturday last, Lieut. Binda arrived safely on the military parade ground at Chartres, 75 kiloms. away, 50 mins. later. After a stop of about two hours he remounted his machine and was back at Buc in ten minutes under the hour. During the day Maurice Farman flew over to Satory, in order to make a demonstration flight with Capt. Eteve, the well-known French Wright expert. After a satisfactory trial flight with this officer, Mr. Farman returned to Buc by way of the air. Bruneau de Laborie Makes an Offer. IN connection with the proposal in France to develop aeroplanes for transporting mails across desert countries, M. Bruneau de Laborie, who, by reason of having lived for a long time in the tropics, is well acquainted with the conditions, has offered to place himself and his machine at the disposal of the French Government for an experimental aerial mail service in the Soudan. This offer has been laid before the French Minister of Colonies for his consideration. Herbster Goes to Buc. ON Sunday last Herbster, who has for.some considerable time been one of the instructors at the Henry Farman schools at Etampes, (/OGHT] M. Latham flying at Chalons on the monoplane fitted with a 16-cyl. 100-h.p. Antoinette motor, and specially built for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup Race. With this M. Latham is credited with having attained a speed of HO k.p.h. 845 M. Leon Morane (on right) and his brother, who accom panied him as passenger in connection with the unsuccessful attempt last week to win the Michelin Prize for the flight from Paris to the Puy-de-Dome. was over at the Maurice Farman school al Buc giving instructions to the pupils there. During the afternoon the attention of the pupils was distracted for some time by watching the evolutions of a Wright biplane over the aerodrome. Laurens Flies for an Hour. SOME very satisfactory flights have been made during the past week by the new R.E.I1, pilot Laurens, and on Sunday last he was flying for an hour at a good height. This would suggest that M. Esnault-relterie has at last got over his minor difficulties in connection with his monoplane. A Splendid Farewell Flight. BY way of making a farewell flight at the Bleriot School at Etampes, where he has learnt to manipulate one of these monoplanes, Depireux, on Saturday last, was flying over the aerodrome and the surrounding country for an hour and a half, his average altitude being about 800 metres. Lemartin, another very suc cessful pupil, made two trips of 25 mins. each, and Mdlle. Jane Herveu covered several laps of the course at a fair height. In addition a number of the other pupils were taking lessons. An Austrian Monoplane at Issy. DURING the past few days the monoplane colony at Issy has received a notable addition in the shape of an Etrich monoplane belonging to M. G. Ainian, with which the owner has made one or two short trials. The machine so far has shown itself as being very easy to handle. Another New Monoplane at Issy. ISSY still continues to be the favourite testing ground for monoplanes, one of the latest to put in an appearance being the Thomann »igid monoplane built at Neuilly. During the trial flights it is being piloted by Gallier, who has made several good trips, including one on Friday last of a quarter of an hour's duration.
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