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JycHl] same dimensions, although the one piloted by Ladougne was of the military typd Labouchere Flies to St. Cyr. THE Zodiac Company having decided to transfer their flying school from Issy to St. Cyr, the pilot Labouchere resolved to fly over to the new quarters. Leaving Issy at 20 mins. past five on Monday afternoon, he landed safely at St. Cyr 20 mins. later. Paulhan's School at St. Cyr. ON Monday afternoon M. Seguin and several other well-known aeronautical engineers paid a visit to the Paulhan School at St. Cyr and witnessed several demonstration trips by Paulhan, after which Caille proceeded with lessons to several of the pupils, including Ramet, Berge, Ruby. &c. Among other flyers at the ground are Tabuteau and Frey, who have each purchased one of these machines and are making good progress in their manipulation A Party of Five Across Country. ON the morning of the 3rd inst. Capt. Bellenger decided to make his attempt to fly back to Paris from Pau, and four other military aviators there,;Lieuts. Malherbe, Princeteau, DeRose, and Conneau, set out to accompany him. After travelling only a short distance, however, Capt. Bellenger had trouble with his motor and returned to Pau, but his four companions, all on Bleriot machines, decided to push on, although a dense fog made it very difficult for them to find their way. All four eventually reached the neighbourhood of Libourne, Lieut. Conneau being the first to arrive, landing safely on the military parade ground. He was followed half an hour later by Lieut. Malherbe, who had had to stop at Prechac owing to a downpour of rain. During the afternoon Lieut. De Rose, who had landed on the outskirts of Libourne, flew over to the military ground, while Lieut. Princeteau descended at Mont de Marsan. Later in the afternoon the two officers, Conneau and Malherbe, were flying over Libourne, and on the following day the same two in company went on to Bordeaux, where they landed at the Croix d'Hins Aerodrome, the journey taking about 40 minutes. Two days later they continued their way to Biarritz, passing by Arcachon, and accomplishing the trip in 2 hrs. 5 mins. They were to have started again for Pau on Tuesday morning. A Long Flight at Pau. ON the last day of February Lieut. Princeteau was successful in making a very fine oross-country journey in the neighbourhood of Pau on his BleViot machine. Leaving the Bleriot aerodrome he went off in a northerly direction, and turning to the east after passing Aire returned to his starting point zna Tarbes, having been in the air for 2 hrs. 55 mins. and covering a distance of 250 kiloms. Vedrlnes Flies from Pau to Toulouse. MOUNTING his Morane monoplane on Sunday morning, Vedrines set off at 9 o'clock with Toulouse as his destination. He had only been travelling 18 mins. however, when a heavy In connection with the memorial which is being erected to the memory of Otto Lilienthal at Gross Lichterfelde, near Berlin, a medal has been designed by Herr Alb. M. Wolff. The obverse gives a striking portrait of Lilienthal, while on the reverse side Death is depicted leading the aviator, 'who is making a last appeal to a bird in flight, to the portals of the tomb. MARCH II, 191 I. snowstorm so obscured the country that he deemed it ex pedient to come down at Tarbes. At 20 mins. to 2 the weather having bettered, Vedrines set off again, eventually landing in the military ground at Toulouse at 3 o'clock. His net flying time for the full distance of 210 kiloms. from Pau to Toulouse shows that his speed must have been close on 120 kiloms. per hour. Immediately after arriving, Vedrines re-ascended to a height of 1,500 metres from which he glided down to the ground again. . On Tuesday afternoon both Morin and Vedrines were flying over the town, and the latter repeated his exploit of rising to 1,500 metres and coming down by a vol plane. The Prix des Amendes. IT appears that after all Cei's flight did not qualify him for the fifth " Prix des Amendes." This was secured on Sunday at Juvisy by Bobba on his Goupy biplane, his winning flight being twenty-two circuits of the course, equal to 55 kiloms. in 43 mins. Low Rent for German Aerodrome. THE people of Hamburg have approved, practically unanimously, an arrangement made by the Senate giving the Aviation Society the use of a flying ground, 45 hectares in extent, at Gross Borstel, for a nominal annual rent of 3 marks on the condition that the Society erects sheds for both aeroplanes and dirigibles. The townspeople will also be responsible for fencing in the ground and for making a good road to it, the cost of which is estimated at 119,550 marks. Cagno Flies Over Venice. USING the Farman biplane belonging to the Pordenone School, Cagno, on the afternoon of the 2nd inst., flew over Venice, passing close by St. Mark's Cathedral, and after making a wide circle over the city at a height of 300 metres returned to his starting point. Disturbed from their accus tomed calm by the unusual visit, the pigeons of St. Mark's were vastly agitated and swooped round the Cathedral towers by way of protest. The Pope Watches an Aeroplane in Flight. AT last His Holiness the Pope has witnessed an aero plane in the air, for during an exhibition flight made by Fischer he flew round the Cupola of St. Peter's and then returned to his starting point 2 miles outside the city gates. The Pope was able to see the aviator from the window of his library, which overlooks St. Peter's Square, and is stated to have expressed his pleasure at having had an opportunity of seeing an aeroplane in the air, Austria and the Gordon-Bennett Cup. Two of the three machines entered by the Austrian Aeronautic Commission for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Trophy, will be Etrich monoplanes piloted by Illner and Flesch respectively, while the third representative of Austria will be War- chalowski on a biplane of the Farman type. The Russian Aeronautical Exhibition. THE British section at the Russian Aero nautical Exhibition to be held at St. Petersburg from April 23rd to 30th, promises to be an important one, as the British and Colonial Aero plane Co., Ltd., have already determined to show their Bristol biplanes. There are still a few spaces vacant, we understand, and applica tions for these should be sent, before the 14th inst., to Mr. J. W. Riedel, 96, Queen Street, London, E.C., who will be pleased to supply full particulars regarding the Exhibition. Bouvier in Tunis. AT'the racecourse of Rassar Said, near Tunis, Bouvier on Monday made several good flights on his Sommer biplane, and in one of them he passed over the city. The public were immensely interested in the performances, and on his landing, by a very fine vol plant, they carried him shoulder- high to the Grand Stand. 206
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