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1910 - 1019.PDF
DECEMBER IO, 191Q. Amerigo has been training at Mulhouse on a German built Farman biplane. On Sunday he made a flight of 4 hrs. 37 mins., and he only stopped on account of his magneto then giving out, and causing the motor to stop. Passenger Carrying by Brunnhuber. SIMON BRUNNHUBER, who has just been appointed instructor at the Military Aviation Ground at Doeberitz by the Prussian War Minister, accomplished a notable performance on the 24th ult. Using his German-built Sommer machine, he took up three passengers beside himself, and carried them for 2\ kiloms., landing after a three minutes flight in splendid style. An Aerial Tour of Belgium, NOT to be left behind, the Aero Club of Belgium are taking active steps to organise an aerial event round Belgium next year. It is proposed that the tour should start from Brussels on a Sunday during either August or September and continue for fifteen days, there being seven stages, and every alternate day being devoted to an exhibition at various towns. Although these chief points of the tour have not been decided upon it is suggested that the first stage should be from Brussels to Liege. The Ardennes Aero Club. CONSEQUENT upon the great interest aroused in the district by the Circuit de 1'Est, the Aero Club of the Ardennes has had a very encouraging season, and at the annual general meeting held last week a proposal was brought forward for the establishment of a permanent aerodrome on the moorland of Villers-Semeuse. At the same meeting M. Gobron was elected president, M. Nour, chairman, with MM. Dauxin and Giloteaux as vice-chairmen and M. Lepage as secretary. Belgian Military Aviators. THE regulations have just been drawn up under which Belgian military aviators will be granted their pilot certificate. Each candidate will have to twice complete a distance of 5 kiloms. in a closed circuit, and during a third test fly to a minimum height of 50 metres. The course will be marked out by two posts placed 500 metres apart, and it must be covered in the form of a figure eight. At the end of each test the aviator must land within 50 metres of a point previously arranged by him, and the method must be by shutting off the motor. Olieslaegers Starts a School. THE very successful Belgian aviator, Olieslaegers, is settling down at the aerodrome of St. Job, close by Antwerp, where he is commencing a school of aviation. His first pupil, Picard, has already made good progress in the mastering of the Bleriot mono plane. A Fatal Accident at Centocelle. A SERIOUS accident occurred at Centocelle on Saturday last whereby both the Italian pilot named Cammarota and his passenger Castellani lost their lives. It appears that after executing a good flight the machine was gliding down to earth when it suddenly cap sized and fell from a height of about 120 ft. The aeroplane in use was a biplane machine in which the pilot had made several altera tions to meet his own ideas, and although it is stated that the (/UGHT] M. Laurens and his wife, who, as recorded In FLIGHT last week, put up a new record on his R.E.P. monoplane by Hying with his passenger a distance just under 80 kiloms. in the hour. accident was due to a defect in the motor, it is almost impossible to say whether such was the case, as the machine was completely smashed by the fall. Italian Military Aviation. IN view of the rapid progress made by several pupils who have been learning to fly at Salussola, the Italian Minister of War recently instructed Lieut. Savoiato visit the Military Parade Ground there and report upon its suitability as a military aerodrome with a view to its ultimately taking the place of Centocelle. Wireless Telegraphy on a Bleriot. A SERIES of experiments are being carried out at Satory, by Versailles, by Lieut. Acquaviva with a wireless telegraphy apparatus fitted to his Bleriot monoplane. The experiments are being watched personally by General Roques, the head of the Military Aviation Department. Norwegian Army and Aviation. WITH a view to their being trained as pilot aviators, in order to take charge of a school which it is proposed to start in connection iw w xx •„..•!„„ fmm his works at Chalons Camp for Etampes with his new biplane, with which he proposes Mr. Henry *™a*°g%^bf£gfiS^S This little road journey was referred to last week. ]OI7
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