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1911
1911 - 0335.PDF
APRIL 15, 1911. (/Ds*!) All Passengers Must be Full Weight. IN view of the extraordinary performances which have been made recently with several passengers on a machine, and the claiming of records in connection therewith, the French Commission Sportive Aeronautique has decided that in order to obtain official recognition of such records every passenger taking part in record attempts must be not less than eighteen years of age and must be of a minimum weight of 75 kilogs. More Passenger Records Passed. OFFICIAL recognition has been given in France to the world's records with three and four passengers made by Busson on a Deper- dussin monoplane at Betheny on March 10th last. The distance and duration records with three passengers were 50 kiloms. in 31 mins. 23^ sees., while with four passengers the figures were 2574 kiloms. in 17 mins. 284 sees. The highest speed attained with three passengers was 96-308 k.p.h., and with four passengers 87-251 k.p.h. The other records recognised were as follow :— Pilot and Three Passengers. —10 kils., 6 mins. Ibf; sees. ; 2okils., 12 mins. 34^ sees. ; 30 kils., 18 mins. 48 sees. ; 40 kils., 25 mins. 5^ sees. ; 50 kils., 31 mins. 23J sees. Pilot and Four Passengers.—5 kils., 3 mins. 34 sees. ; 10 kils., 7 mins. 8 sees. ; 20 kils., 14 mins. % sec. M. Deutsch de la Meurthe takes the Air. M. DEUTSCII DE LA MEURIHE, who has done so much to encourage aviation in France, has at last flown in an aeroplane, having been taken on Sunday afternoon for half-an-hour's jaunt on a Bleriot monoplane by Alfred Leblanc. Leaving the Bleriot aerodrome at Pau, the couple travelled in the direction of the city and, passing over it, went on to visit the ground where the dirigible " Ville de Pau " has its quarters, and also made a demonstration over the other flying grounds in the neighbourhood. M. Santos Dumont was also visiting Pau on Sunday and with M. Deutsch witnessed Alfred Leblanc attain a speed of 140 kiloms. per hour. Bathiat to Try for the Deutsch Prize, BATHI AT has now transferred his Sommer monoplane to St. Cyr> -where he proposes practising with a view to making an attempt to win the Deutsch Prize, which calls for a circuit of 200 kilometres, passing over Meaux and Melun, to be covered three times. The Cause of Cei's Accident. IN recording the fatal accident to Cei, our French correspondent -did an injustice to the Anzani motor with which the biplane was fitted in attributing the accident to its failure. Those who witnessed the accident remarked that the engine suddenly stopped, and it was thought that it had failed, but a subsequent examination made by the well-known French consulting engineer, Lucien Perisse, a copy TIF • AT DOUAL—A Breguet biplane in the air. The Morane monoplane on which M. Vedrines last week accomplished his splendid flight from Poitiers to Issy in 2 hrs. 12 mins. 337
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