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1911
1911 - 0640.PDF
FOREIGN Judges' Report in European Circuit. THE following are the official times and cash awards in the European Circuit fur the full distance from Paris to Paris, a distance of 1,730 kiloms., as signed by the Commissaires Sportifs :— 1. " Beaumont" 2. Garros 3. Vidart 4. V^drines 5. Gibert 6. Kimmerling ... 7. Renaux 8. Barra h. m. s. 58 38 °i 62 17 16$ 73 32 57i 86 37 2 89 42 34T 93 10 84* U° *4 5l 206 21 58 frs. 106,221-80 42,333-20 16,555-80 11,088-95 7.777"90 5.777'85 5,622-30 4,622-40 240 Kiloms. in Three Hours. ON his Renault - engined Maurice Farman biplane, Lieut. Cheutin on the 15th inst. twice made the journey from Buc to Chartres and back, covering 240 kiloms. in three hours. His average height was about 1,000 metres. World's Distance Record Beaten. u«* DURING an attempt on the 16th inst. to secure the Grand Prix of the Belgian Aero Club, Jean Olieslaegers on a Bleriot monoplane, at Kiewit - les - Hasselt, succeeded in covering 635-2 kiloms. in 7h. 18m. 26s. This beats the world's distance record of Tabuteau, who during his flight tor last year's Michelin Trophy covered 584 kiloms. An Early Attempt for the Michelin Trophy. '-••~ VERY early on the morning of the 12th inst., Loridan at Mourmelon started off on one of the racing Henry Farman biplanes, on an attempt to win the International Michelin Trophy. In spite of the wind he was able to cover 300 kiloms. at an average speed of 9ok.p.h., but he was then obliged to come down owing to the violence of the elements. Flying Over Roubaix. ON his Bleriot monoplane, which has now been fitted with a 60-h.p. 6-cyl. Anzani engine, Lecointe was flying on July nth for an hour and 20 minutes above the exhibition and the town of Roubaix. He finished his flight by gliding down from a height of 1,220 metres. The latest product of the manufacturers of the Gnome engine.—A 25-h.p. 3-cyl. aerial motor. This is particularly intended for touring machines, and is designed on the same lines as the 50-h.p. 7-cyl. engine. Legion of Honour for Leblanc and Latham. AT the review of troops held at Longchamps on the 14th inst.,. there was a little ceremony which might be noted by British Ministers who are supposed to take an interest in flying matters. The regiments of Engineers, to which Latham and Leblanc are attached as reservists, were drawn up, and the two aviators were" called out and decorated by their respective Colonels with the Cross of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, awarded them in recognition of their services to military flying. The Ble'rlot Memorial at Calais. ALTHOUGH the French have taken a good deal more time than the English to consider the matter, M. Bleriot's successful crossing of the Channel is not to go any longer without some recognition on the French side. A monument has been erected at Les Baraques- on the spot on which M. Bleriot left h ranee on his cross-Channel voyage, and this was unveiled on July 16th in the presence of French and British representatives. After the unveiling ceremony a reception was held by the Mayor at Les Baraques at which the British and French National Anthems were played amidst great enthusiasm. Accident to a Morane Pilot. BY way of practising for the Daily Mail Prize, Brindejonc des Moulinais decided to fly over to Rheims from Issy on his Morane monoplane on Saturday afternoon. The wind was very gusty, and his friends endeavoured to persuade him not to make the attempt* but he had made up his mind and would not be put off. He had risen to a height of 90 ft. and then got into difficulties just as he- was close to the " Clement Bayard IV," which was being prepared for a voyage. Fortunately he was just able to rise over the envelope of the airship without doing any damage, but finding it impossible then to land he was obliged to more or less drift across the Seine to Billancourt, where he came down suddenly in a stoneyard. One wing of the monoplane was caught by a crane, and the aviator was- thrown out of the machine and seriously injured, so that there is little chance of his participating in the British Circuit. The latest reports, however, are to the effect that he is making good progress* An Enlarged "Demoiselle." As the result of their experience with the Santos - Dumont "Demoiselle" with the Moisant International Aviators »f the United States, Audemars and Garros have had built a machine, which, although it is of practically the same design as the " Demoiselle," is a good deal larger. It is, moreover, fitted with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine. The fuselage is of the same triangular form, and the cruciform tail is also retained. Long Flight Along French Frontier. IT is difficult to conceive the amount of work which is being"; carried on by the flyers of the P'rench Army, as very few particulars- of the flights are now obtainable. A typical instance of what goes on may be cited in a flight made by Lieut. Malherbe on Monday morning, when, starting from Sedan, he flew on his Bleriot mono plane past Vouziers, St. Menehould, and Verdun, and so back t» Sedan. He had previously flown from Paris to Sedan. A Promising Lady Pupil. MME. DENISE MOORE, who, as we mentioned last week, is taking lessons at the Henry Farman School at Etampes, is making remarkably good progress, and on Monday was allowed by her instructor to make a short flight alone. Another Deperdussin Pilot. AT the Deperdussin School at Betheny, near Rheims, aa Monday, Mr. D. Lawrence Santoni, having made the three qualifying tests for his brevet, prepared to return to England, and took over several Deperdussin machines, which it is proposed to use in the new school at Brooklands. Cross-country on a Caudron. CAUDRON on a Gnome-engined Gaudron, and Allard on an Anzani-engined Caudron, flew from Crotoy and circled above Touqutt Paris Plage for some time on the 16th inst. Flying Over the Rhone. ON his Gnome-engined Sommer machine, Kimmerling, on the 16th inst., started up from the Bron Aerodrome and, following the River Rhone, passed over Lyons to the Mulatiere at SL Claire. 642
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