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1911
1911 - 0446.PDF
Aeroplanes for Reporters. WISHING to deal with the event from a new point of view, .\1. Violetto, Editor of La Vie du Grand Air, went up in a Farman biplane from Etampes and followed the great Bordeaux to Paris cycle race on Sunday for about two hours. Eventually the wind became so strong that the aviator decided to come down. A Two-Hour Flight on a Goupy. ON one of the military type Goupy biplanes Lieut. d'Aiguillon was in the air for a couple of hours on the 14th inst. at Juvisy. During most of the trip he kept at a height of about 100 metres. Fatal German Accident. ALTHOUGH a thick mist prevailed at Johannisthal on Thursday morning of last week, a young German aviator, Hans Bockmuller, persisted in going up on his machine. He lost his bearings, and eventually collided with the roof of a Post Office building. He was impaled on the rafters and sustained such serious internal injuries that he died before a doctor could reach him. A New Belgian Aerodrome. OS the 13th inst. the King of the Belgians attended the opening of a new flying ground which has been laid out at Berchem nol far from Antwerp. By way of inaugurating the flying school there, several flights were made by Belgian aviators, one of the most notable of which was that made from Antwerp to Berchem by Count d'Hespel. An Aerial Taxicab for Switzerland. LUCERNE is to have the distinction of getting the first aerial taxicab. A Maurice Farman biplane has been specially fitted with a taximeter, which will record the kilometres flown and the charges therefor. Half a dozen floats have been attached to the lower part of the machine to facilitate rising from and descent upon the surface of the lake. Four of these floats, which are in the shape of circular tanks with blunt pointed ends, are disposed in pairs on the chassis under the middle of the main planes, while the other two are fitted under the tail. Maurice Herbster is to be the pilot. Flying at Florence. SOME good flying was seen at Florence during the closing days of last week in connection with the meeting there. Kenaux on a Maurice Farman, Tabuteau on a Bristol, Vedrines and Frey on a Morane, Manissero on a Bleriot, Mdlle. Dutrieu. Cagno, and Eros on Henry Farman machines, among others, contributing to the programme each day. On the 10th inst., a height competition resulted in the favour of Manissero on a Bleriot, who got up to 1,700 metres, while Kenaux and Vedrines tied for second place at 1,500 metres. On the nth inst., when the King and Oueen of Italy paid a visit to the aerodrome, they witnessed flights by Tabuteau, Renaux, Vedrines, and Mdlle. Dutrieu, each of whom- were afterwards presented to their Majesties. On Sunday last, a handicap was held over a distance of 5 kiloms., and this was won by Mdlle. Dutrieu, who thereby secured the King's Cup. The best time for five rounds of the kilometre course was by Frey in 4 mins. I sec, while Vedrines was second with 4 mins. 7 sees. A Bristol Biplane in New South Wales. GENERAL GORDON, Commandant of the New South Wales military forces, enjoyed a fine flight on the gth inst. with Mr. Leslie McDonald on a Bristol military biplane. Mr. McDonald took the machine up to a height of 3,000 ft. and then flew for a distance of 30 miles, passing over Botany Fort, Military Barracks,. Government House and Sydney Harbour, where a number of war ships were lying at anchor. Morane Monoplanes in Spain. GREAT success attended the visit of MM. Gaget and Frey with. their Morane monoplanes to Saragossa. On the 26th ult. Gaget won a cup offered by the town and ^400 by completing a circuit of 100 kiloms. round Saragossa. Frey, who also completed the circuit, beat the Spanish altitude record by rising to 2,050 metres. Van den Born's Adventures in China. ON reaching Paris on the 9th inst. Van den Born had an exciting tale to tell of his tour in China and the dramatic way in which it concluded at Canton. Van den Born had made one or two trips before the Tartar General of Kwangtung, who, on returning from one of these exhibitions, was shot dead by Anarchists. The populace became very excited, and accused the flyer of the crime, and anticipating serious trouble the authorities- advised him to leave the district at once. He took his machine to pieces and packed it up, but then could get no one to transport it, so was finally obliged to destroy it himself. The machine was a biplane of his own design, which incorpcrated several modifications suggested by his long experience. The planes, for instance, were very flat and they were made in sections, so that the machine could be easily dismantled for transport. American Military Flyer Killed. THE number of American military aviators is very small, and Lieut. Kelly, who met with a fatal accident while flying at San. Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday of last week, is a grievous loss to the U.S. Army. He was piloting a Curtiss aeroplane near Fort Sam Houston, and when about 50 feet from the ground appeared to be shot out of his seat. The unfortunate officer fell on his head with, fatal results. A view of the new Clement-Bayard as seen from the rear end 448
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