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|/j]GHTJ circuits of the ground and was passing over a tall house when the •chassis of his machine caught a telegraph post mounted on the roof of the house. This brought the biplane down with a run and it fell with a crash on to the roof of an adjoining shed. Fortunately help was close at hand, and M. See, very badly injured, was at once rescued from the roof and taken to the hospital, where the latest reports state that he is doing as well as can be expected. Andre Has a Stroke of 111 Luck. AT the conclusion of his flight from Mar del Plata to Buenos Aires, a distance of 400 kiloms., the aviator Andre met with a most unfortunate piece of bad luck. During the night a cyclone sprang up and blew down the hangar containing his Henry Farman machine, with the result that the balance was smashed beyond hope of repair. With a prize of ^2,000 won by this long cross-country fight the aviator is returning to France with the object of obtaining a new machine. The Paris-Bordeaux-Paris Event. As the date fixed upon for the Paris-Bordeaux event of the Aero Club of France—the first fortnight in July—is not acceptable to the authorities at Pau and Toulouse, it has been decided to drop the question of continuing the journey from Bordeaux to these two places. The competition will therefore consist simply of the race from Paris to Bordeaux and back. Ae.C.F. OFfer Medals. THE Committee of the Aero Club of France has decided to award its medal to the winners of the chief events of 1911, these including the Paris-Madrid race, the Paris-Rome race, the European Circuit, and the Paris-Bordeaux-Paris event. Another Prize for the Paris-Madrid Race. THE list of prizes to be awarded in connection with the Paris- Madrid race has received a notable addition in the form of an objet (Tart valued at ,£200 presented by M. Deutsch de la Meurthe for the first aviator to arrive in Madrid. The French Military Pilots. THE number of French military officers to qualify for the special army pilot certificate is steadily mounting up, and hardly a day passes but some new officer flies the 100 kiloms. across country. •On the 2nd inst. Lieut. Blard, on his Henry Farman biplane, carried out the test at Mourmelon ; on the 4th inst. Lieut. Gaubert and Capts. Felix and Delajoux, each on a Bleriot monoplane, did the same at Pau; while on the 6th Lieut. Clavenad qualified at Vincennes on a Uleriot, and Capt. Chaunac at Buc on an R.E.P. monoplane. The Amsterdam Flying Week. THE exhibition flights of Legagneux on his Bleriot and Marcel Hanriot on his Hanriot monoplane at Amsterdam were continued •on the last days of the past week and some very good flying was MAY 13, 1911. seen, while the lighter-than-air type of craft was represented by " Pa'rseval V," which on the 5th inst. made an excurMon carrying two delegates of the Minister of War to the Hague. On Monday Legagneux and Hanriot flew over to Soestorberg where they were to give exhibition flights during this week. Hanriot Monoplanes in Germany. IN view of the various cross-country and circuit competitions which are being organised in Germany special attention is being paid to the monoplane type of machine. The Aviatic firm have purchased the Hanriot patents in Germany and one of these machines is to be piloted by Jeannin in the South German circuit. Cross-Country Flying in Austria. THREE Austrian pilots indulged in a town-to-town race on the 3rd inst., the course being from Vienna to Oldenburg and back. The first place was secured by Col. Umlauff, who covered the 70 kiloms. in 41 minutes. Lieut. Miller was second in 46 minutes, while Lieut. Bier took third place with 48 minutes. From Sweden to Denmark. IT will be remembered that last year several aviators succeeded in flying from Sweden to Denmark or vice versa, and it would appear that this trip is likely to be a popular feat this year. On Sunday afternoon the Bilgian aviator Cozic, on a biplane which he has built himself, flew from Malmoe to Copenhagen in Sweden in 45 minutes. In the morning M. Poulain made one or two satisfac tory trial flights on a monoplane with which he successfully experimented at Issy some time ago. Fatal Accident to Vallon. THE unfortunate accident which ended in the death of Vallon at Shanghai on Saturday last has robbed the Sommer School of one of its best biplane pilots. During the past three months he had been giving exhibition flights in China, and hoped to be back in France shortly in order to take part in the various big events. It was while giving an exhibition flight over the Kiangwan racecourse, near Shanghai, that the aeroplane suddenly plunged to earth from a height of 200 metres. The aviator was killed instantly, and at present it is impossible to assign any cause for the accident. " Clement-Bayard IV." off the Stocks. AT last the new dirigible built by M. Clement has made its appearance in the open. In general appearance it resembles the Clement-Bayard airship which sailed from France to London last autumn, and it has a similar system of steering planes and rudders at the rear. At its first trial on the 6th inst. it cruised over the neigh bourhood of La Motte Breuil for 25 mins. with M. Sabatier and four mecaniciens on board, while on the following day it was aloft for some time with M. Clement and a military officer as well as other passengers on board. In landing, the airship came in contact with some telegraphic wire, but no great damage was done. ^oTsaS^ S.000 cubic metres, and the two Bayard-CIement motors^ g^-h* «XVTf SSSSJS LgTSg 426
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