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1911
1911 - 0509.PDF
FOREIGN AVI French Aeronautical Salon. IT has been definitely decided by the Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aeronautiques that the Third Annual Aeronautical Salon is to take place at the Grand Palais from December 8th to 25th. Gordon-Bennett Aviation Race. SPECIAL regulations have been drawn up for governing the French Eliminating Trials for this event, and those wishing to qualify for representing France must comply with these by June 20th. The tests will be over a distance of 150 kiloms. in a closed circuit of a maximum course of 5 kiloms. The selection will be made from the pilots putting up the best time over this distance. Each pilot may make as many trials as he likes, the expenses connected with timing, &c, being at the aviator's cost; and if selected to take part in the race itself, only machines of the same make and type as that on which the Eliminating Trial was made, in conjunction with the same type of motor, may be used. Before finally selecting the representatives, it will be a condition that the chosen pilots shall in ample time proceed to England with their machines for the purpose of preparing for the event. Pau to Paris by Aeroplane. UNDER the direction of Lieut. Princeteau, Capt. Echeman and Lieuts. Malherbe, Ducourneau and Gouin left Pau on the 3rd inst. with the intention of flying to Paris. Each officer is mounted on a Gnome-engined Bleriot monoplane, and the five were away from the Pau Aerodrome within a space of twelve minutes. Capt. Echeman made a stop at Podensac for petrol, and in coming down seriously damaged his machine. Lieuts. Ducourneau and Gouin landed at the Croix d'Hins Aerodrome at Bordeaux, but Lieuts. Malherbe and Princeteau continued on to Libourne, where they were joined the following day by Ducourneau and Gouin, the latter making a stop at St. Saviol. On Monday Princeteau, Malherbe and Ducourneau flew in company to Poitiers, the journey taking 2 hrs. 25 mins. The Mystery of Lieut. Bague. UP to the time of going to press the mystery surrounding the fate of Lieut. Bague is unsolved, and grave fears are entertained as to the safety of the aviator, whose rashness in starting from Nice on the long trans-Mediterranean trip to Tunis without any precautionary preparations has probably led to disaster. Before starting Lieut. Bague refused the offer of a torpedo boat escort, and had no compass fitted to his machine. He carried, however, a basket of carrier pigeons on his machine, but so far none of these have returned to Nice. Keeping his intentions secret until the very last minute, Lieut. Bague set out from Nice at five o'clock on Monday morning and hoped to make a halt at Calvi (Corsica), about 130 miles away. From there he intended to fly on to Ajaccio and then to Sassari (Sardinia), Gagliari, and Vizerta to Tunis. A Long Flight on a Caudron. COMPETING for the Quentin-Bauchart prize on the 22nd ult. a very fine cross-country flight of 20O kiloms. was made by Emile Marie Duval. Leaving Crotoy at 4.24 p.m. he passed over Abbeville, Amiens, Chaumont and Chantilly, landing at Issy at 6.37. This was Duval's first long cross-country flight, and speaks well for the stable qualities of the Gnome-engined Caudron. A Pianist in the Air. THE musical profession seems to be especially fascinated by aviation, and among those who enjoyed flights at Issy on the 25th ult. was the well-known French pianist Camille Arencibia, who went for a trip with Colliex on one of the new Voisins. The Voisin Hydro-Aeroplane. ON the 25th ult., the special Voisin biplane of the Canard type, which has been built for Prince Bibesco and equipped with floats for rising from and descending on to the surface of the water, was tried on the Seine in the neighbourhood of Billancourt. Piloted by Colliex, the machine first glided for a distance of about 100 meties, and then rising from the water flew for about 500 metres, being stopped by Colliex as it approached the Auteuil Viaduct. The trials then had to be suspended, as the ferry boats rendered it impossible to continue. The French Government and Aviators. IT is a very pretty and encouraging habit of the French Chamber of Deputies to convey their appreciation of really meritorious acts almost immediately to those who have shown special prowess in any particular direction. Last week MM. Vedrines and Conneau were ATION NEWS. in this manner honoured far their splendid aerial journeys, the Minister of Justice announcing that the Government were very pleased to be associated in conveying to those pilots their very heartiest appreciation of their work, as helping forward the progress generally of France, and particularly in regard to its advance in science. Vedrines Back in Paris. ON his return to Paris on the 31st ult., Vedrines, the winner of the Paris-Madrid race, was given a very rousing reception. He was welcomed on behalf of the Minister of War by General Roques, and was entertained at a banquet by the Aero Club of France, which has also awarded him a Special Gold Medal. Vedrines and Paris-Madrid. ON the 2nd inst., the Commission Sportif of the Aero Club of France had before them the protest of M. Bleriot in regard to the classing of Vedrines for the first section of the Paris-Madrid Race. They decided that, in regard to the neutralised time which they had already announced, following the disaster to the French Minister of War at the start at Issy, this, under all the circumstances, must stand, but the question of Vedrines having re-started on an entirely different machine was left in abeyance. From Buc to Chart res. ON Saturday last the flying-ground at Chartres was visited, by way of the air, by three flyers. Capt. Grailly and Amerigo flew over from Buc on their R.E.P. machines, while Capt. Eteve, on his Farman, passed over the flying ground but did not stop. He made the round trip from Satory to Chartres and back. On Sunday morning Capt. Grailly and Amerigo returned on their machines to the R.E.P. headquarters at Buc. First Pommery Cup Award. A FORMAL award of the first monthly prize has been made in connection with this competition by the Aero Club of France in favour of M. Vedrines, for his flight of 293 kiloms. on April 30th. Aviation Motor Competition Postponed. THE French tests for aviation motors which are being promoted by the L.N.A. have been postponed from July 1st to October 2nd, entries and fees being in like manner postponed until September 1st (200 fr.) and September 1st to 15th (400 fr.). Carrier Pigeons on an Aeroplane. CONTINUING his experiments at Douai with the Breguet military type biplane, Lieut. Ludman, on the 30th ult., carried up a number of carrier pigeons, which he released while flying at a good height. At one time there were three officers in the air on Breguet machines — Lieuts. Ludman, Gourlez and Migaud. Debussy was also out on the 100 h.p. machine testing a four-bladed A memento tablet to commemorate the first German Aircraft Parade before the Kaiser in Bad-Homburg.
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