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[pMf] propeller winch had been fitted to it. On the following day, before a military deputation, Breguet was flying on the ioo-h.p. machine with four passengers, and his speed was timed unofficially to be 100 k.p.h. Testing a Panhard Engine. ON the 30th ult., at Buc, Barra was flying for an hour and a half on a Maurice Farman machine which had been fitted with a I'anhard engine. Maurice Farman took up several passengers, among them M. do Freminville, one of the directors of the Panhard firm. Altitude Tests at H. Farman School. A MILITARY deputation visited the Henry Farman School at Mourmelon on the 30th ult. and witnessed flights by Henry Farman on his (alert small machine, while afterwards Bill made exhibition flights both on the " Baby" machine and also on the large military- type biplane. Then Fischer and Loridan took their places on two separate machines of the same type as that being used by Lieut. Menard in his tour round France, and mounted to a height of 1,200 metres in 10 mins. The amount of petrol consumed was between 3 and 4 litres. A Weight-Lifting Prize. OK a moat useful type is the prize which the General Council of Algeria has decided to offer as a memorial to the late French Minister ol War, M. Maurice Berteaux. The prize is of a value of ^10,000, and it will be awarded to the first aeroplane which shall cover 500 kiloms. without a stop, carrying 1,000 kilogs. of war material. The prize will lie known as the Prix Berteaux, and will be competed for in Algeria. It should do much to encourage the designing and building of a useful type of machine, and it is to be hoped that some such prize may be offered in this country. The Clement-Bayard Monoplane. PILOTED by Deletang very good results are now being obtained at Issy with the Clement-Bayard monoplane, details of which were illustrated in our issue of April 29th last. A special feature of this machine is that the framework is entirely built up of steel tubes. It is now fitted with a Gnome rotary motor. A Venerable Enthusiast. MR. FREDERICK WOOD, who for fifty years was associated with the Board of Trade, has recently, at the age of 72, been taking lessons in aviation from Mr. Maurice Farman. Last week end he was in the air with Mr. Farman at Buc for an appreciable time, and affirms that he felt after the experience quite young again. Flying Meeting at Lyon. SOME very good flying was witnessed at Lyon during the latter part of last week. During the first day, Thursday week, Legagneux flew 272 kiloms. lor the day, and other lengthy flights were made by Hanriot and Dcsparmet, while Mme. Jane Ilerveu also was seen at the wheel of her monoplane. On the following day Robinet was flying, in addition to the alrove, and on Saturday and Sunday Kimmcrling was in the air making various trips on his monoplane and biplane. A New Lady Pilot. THE first lady to qualify for her pilot's certificate under the new " figure 8 " conditions is Mme. Drancourt, who made the necessary tests on a Caudion biplane at the aerodrome at Rues on the 5th inst. She made the figure 8 flights at a height of 100 metres. Mdlle. Poiaire in the Air. AT BUC on Monday, Mdlle. Poiaire, the well-known French music-hall artiste, was given her first experience in the " central blue" on an R.E.P. monoplane. On descending, she declared the experience was a most enchanting one, and was eager to have a further trip. JUNE 10, 1911. At the Deperdussin School. REMARKABLE success is being attained by the pupils at the Deperdussin School at Betheny. On Monday Lieut. Depres, who had only been at the school 18 days, qualified for his certificate, and made a flight of three-quarters of an hour's duration. A soldier, Issatier by name, obtained 20 days' leave from his regiment to learn flying, and he passed for his brevet in 14 days. Four pupils have been taught and have obtained their certificates on the Anzani- engined school machine without so much as splintering a single part. Flying Home for the Holidays. HAVING decided to spend his Whitsuntide holiday with his wife's parents at Samois, Tabuteau packed his portmanteau on to the framework of his Bristol biplane, and, with his wife seated behind him, set off from Buc on Sunday morning to fly there. After an hour's flight he safely reached his destination without incident, and on Tuesday morning he flew back, with his wife, to Buc. The Bleriot Memorial at Calais. THE memorial which is to be erected at Les Baraques, on the spot from whence M. Bleriot started on his epoch-making flight across the Channel, is to be useful instead of merely ornamental. It is, in fact, to take the form of a landmark for other cross-Channel flyers, and will consist of a wooden tower 450 ft. high and 15 ft. square at the base. In order to make it distinctive it will be tessellated, so that it may be readily discerned from altitudes of 1,500 to 2,000 ft. Over the Copenhagen Sound. SEVERAL times the Copenhagen Sound has been flown across by Danish and Swedish aviators, but on Sunday a Frenchman suc ceeded in the same feat, he being moreover accompanied by a passenger. After giving an eight days exhibition of flying at Malmoe, Poulam decided to make the journey, and taking a Danish journalist with him he started from Jaegersoe, just by Malmoe in Sweden, on Sunday evering. Nineteen minutes later he landed safely at the Amager flying ground close by Copenhagen, where Svendsen and Cozic were making flights. Serious Accident to Taddeoli. AFTER making a very satisfactory cross-country flight of 80 kiloms., from Viry to Lausanne, in 55 mins., on his new Morane monoplane, on the 31st ult., Taddeoli remained at Lausanne giving exhibition flights. After flying over the town on Monday last, he was descending to his flying ground when his machine capsized and fell to earth, the pilot sustaining serious injuries. Taddeoli was the first Swiss pilot to obtain a Swiss certificate, making the qualifying flights on a Dufaux machine last autumn. First Qualified Spanish Pilot. IN regard to the statement that Senor Campana was the first Spaniard to obtain his certificate, M. M. Villanueva, writing from Madrid, gives us the information that Senor Laygorry was qualified last summer, he flying at San Sebastian, Madrid, and several other towns. World's Passenger Height Record. ON Tuesday, at the Johannisthal meeting, Hirth, with a passenger, rose to a height of 1,580 metres, thus beating the world's passenger height record. A Bristol at Pretoria. A CABLEGRAM from South Africa announces that on Sunday and Monday last some very fine flights were made round Pretoria by Joseph Christiaens on his Bristol biplane. The flights aroused an enormous amount of enthusiasm, and should go a long way to creating practical interest in aviation in the Transvaal. A Fatal Accident in Brazil. As a result of severe injuries sustained in a fall in his monoplane at San Paulo on the previous Thursday, the Brazilian aviator Oueiroz died on Saturday last. PARIS—ROME—TURIN. IN our hot issue were just able to briefly announce that "Beaumont" was the first to actually r.rrive at Rome on Wednesday of last week. He made % magnificent flight from Nice, after having had a new motor fitted to his machine, A quarter of an hour's trial flight was indulged in as soon as the mechanics had finished their work, and then he set off at 3.57 a.m. He landed at Genoa at 6.47, and an hour later started off once more for Pisa, where he arrived at 9.40, landing on the horse racecourse in error. Realising his mistake, he afterwards restarted the machine and flew over to the proper aerodrome, where he landed an hour later. At ten minutes past twelve he left for Rome, and landed in the precincts of the Eternal City at eight minutes past three, his 512 passage over the city being witnessed by His Holiness the Pope and Cardinal Merry del Val from a balcony of the Vatican Garros made a move from Pisa at 4.35 a.m., but had only pro- pessed 60 kiloms. on his journey when he was forced to make a landing at Castagneto-Carducci. In coming down very suddenly from a height of 200 metres the machine was very badly smashed. Frey continued his journey from Genoa to Pisa, but in alighting at the latter place smashed his propeller and also damaged the chassis of his machine. Of the other competitors, Vidart advanced from Avignon to Mce, while Bathiat was brought down by motor troubles at Macon, after covering the no kiloms. from Dijon in 54 muTs! Lieut. Lucca succeeded m getting from Lyon to Avignon
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