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1911 - 0095.PDF
FEBRUARY 4, 1911. Six in an Aeroplane. M. ROGER SOMMER, who has for some considerable time been studying the question of passenger carrying by aeroplane, achieved a notable record on Thursday of last week, when, accompanied bv five friends, he flew from Douzy to Romilly and back. Two of the passengers were accommodated on the skids of the machine and the remaining three perched themselves up behind the aviator. The lightest of the passengers weighed seven and a half stone. Grade also Carries Five Persons. ALTHOUGH little has been heard of the Grade machine as a passenger carrier hitherto, Herr Grade demonstrated the qualities of his flyer in that direction on the 21st and 22nd ult., when he made several trials with four passengers on board the monoplane, and finished up with a short trip with five persons on board. Rapid Tuition on a Hanriot. A NEW record is claimed for the Hanriot School in that they have taught two flyers to manipulate their machines within the period of two days On Friday of last week Boillot and Goux, the two well-known drivers of Lion-Peugeot voiturettes, arrived at the school at Rheims, and after the first lesson one flew for 20 minutes and the other for four rounds of the course, while during the after noon of the following day they both made the necessary flights to secure their pilot-aviator's certificate. Train at Hyeres. HAVING transferred his monoplane from Mourmelon to the neighbourhood of Hyeres, Train on the 26th ult. made a splendid flight above the sea and the town, and descended in a spiral flight. He was also flying on Sunday above the town at a height of 450 metres, while Mollien on a Bleriot was out for 50 minutes. Doings at Issy. SEVERAL of the flyers at Issy during the last week-end indulged in little jaunts over Paris and the Bois de Boulogne. On the 26th, Mahieu made a flight of half an hour during which he flew over the Champs Elysees, while on the following day Cei and Grandseigne flew above Paris and the Bois de Boulogne. Grand- seigne repeated his exploit on Saturday when he concluded his flight by a vol plane of a minute and a half. Vedrine High Flying. ON the 26th ult., at Juvisy, Vedrine was practising high flying with his Goupy machine, and during one attempt he succeeded in getting to an altitude of 1,000 metres in 10 minutes. On Sunday he was also up to a height of goo metres, flying over Juvisy and Savigny. Another Train Pilot. ALTHOUGH M. Train himself has left Mourmelon, the camp is not without a proficient demonstrator of this type of monoplane. On the 26th Crochon was flying for half-an-hour, while on the following day he was up for over an hour passing over the country at a good height. Monoplanes at Mourmelon. ON the 27th ult. Chevalier on a Nieuport monoplane flew from Mourmelon to Suippes and back, while Paul Leprince was flying above the country. Lieut. Fequant as well as other military officers are now learning on this type of machine and the first named made a flight of half-an-hour. Madame Niel was also flying on her Koechlin monop'ane, and made two trips of a quarter of an hour each. On the following day, Saturday last, Leon Bathiat flew over to Betheny and back on his Sommer monoplane, while Boyer and Louis Chatain were up for an hour on an Antoinette, passing over Mourmelon, Bouy and Vadenay. Another Monoplane Convert. FREY, who achieved his earlier successes on biplanes of the Farinan type, is now at Pau learning to fly the Morane monoplane, and on the 27th he was flying for 50 minutes at a height of 300 metres. Two flights of an hour each were made by him on the following day. Another monoplane convert is Pierre Gasnier, the one-time Wright pilot, who, after only five lessoDs, has qualified at Pau on a Bleriot monoplane for a pilot's certificate. A splendid flight was made by Schnieder on the same date, when in the course of a trip of an hour's duration, on a Bleriot, he flew over the country and round the church spire at Morlaas. The Hanriot School at Rheims. ON the 27th ult., Marcel Hanriot was trying a new monoplane which has been designed to carry a useful load of 37'5 kilogs. per square metre of lifting surface. On the same day his father was flying for three hours, covering more than 200 kitoms. during that time. Cannes to Nice and Back. ACCOMPANIED by his friend the Marquis de Villeneuve-Trans, the Count de Robillard left the Brague Aerodrome, just by Cannes, on Saturday afternoon and flew over to Nice where he landed on the ground of the Polo Club at Mandelieu. In landing, the propeller was slightly damaged, but this was put right during the day and on Sunday he flew back to Cannes. High Speed by Caudron Biplane. IN the course of a flight of about three-quarters of an hour at Crotoy (Somme)on Saturday afternoon Caudron attained a speed of about 95 kiloms. per hour. The flight was terminated by the lubricating oil supply giving out. Legagneux at Nice. Two splendid flights were made by Legagneux, at Nice, on Sunday last. In the morning he left the California Aerodrome and flew along the Promenade des Anglais and then returned to the starting place. Later in the afternoon he repeated this exploit at a height of 150 metres, much to the appreciation of many spectators along the promenade. Rights of the Air. MR. MAURICE FARMAN is still experiencing trouble with some of the farmers in the neighbourhood of his aerodrome at Buc. It Marriage of Comte Jacques de Lesseps to Miss Grace Mackenzie on Wednesday of last week.—The bride and bridegroom at the reception at Claridge's Hotel af'er the •wedding. On the left are Sir William and Lady Mackenzie, the parents of the bride, and on the right the bridegroom's brother. 97
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