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1911
1911 - 0809.PDF
SEPTEMBER 16, 1911. A Heavy Load for a Volsin. WHILE testing a biplane of the military type, but built specially to the order of M. Michel Mahieu, the machine was taken to a height of 300 metres in less than five minutes, with a useful load of 275 kilogs. This, it is claimed, is a record in weight lifting. A Long Tour In France. LEAVING the Bloriot school at Etampes at ten minutes past four in the morning of the 5th inst., Carles flew on to St. Nazaire, where he arrived about half-past twelve. He had made stops at Mans and Angers, but during a little over eight hours had covered about 400 kiloms. Long Flying by Brindejonc. STARTING from Monflanquin on his Morane monoplane on the 5th inst., Brindejonc des Moulinais flew over to St. Gaudins, having covered 250 kiloms. in 2 hrs. 17 mins. On the following day he went on to Foix, and his time for the 90 kiloms. was 52 minutes, while he had to rise to a height of 2,000 metres to get over the Pyrenees. The Belgian Army and Aviation. APPARENTLY the officers of the Belgian Army are determined to do their best with the inadequate material at their disposal. At the Brasschaet Military FlyiDg School there is a single Henry Farman machine, but in less than three months no fewer than eight •officers have been trained on it. •Germany's First Lady Pilot. THE number of lady aviators is gradually mounting up, and we learn that Germany now has a certificated aviatress, Fraulein Nelly Beese having made the tests to qualify for her certificate on the 8th inst., at Johannisthal. The Kaiser's Chauffeur Turns Aviator. WHETHER the German Emperor will ever follow his brother's example and trust himself in an aeroplane is a moot point, but it is interesting to note that his chief chauffeur, Hans Krieger, on the 5th inst. made the qualifying tests for his brevet on a monoplane of his own design and construction at Tohannisthal. Three German Fatalities. LAST week was an unfortunate one for aviators in Germany, three well-known pilots meeting with fatal accidents. The first occurred on the 7th inst. near Bilzheim in Upper Alsace. In the morning Lieut. Neumann left the Habsheim aerodrome to fly to Strasburg, accompanied by Leconte, an instructor of the Aviatik firm, both men being certificated pilots. Apparently when near Heiligkrenz the motor stopped, and in planing down Lieut. Neumann made a too sudden turn to avoid some trees, with the result that the machine capsized and both flyers were killed by being crushed by the machine. The third fatality took place near Stuttgart on Saturday evening, when against all advice Eyring, who only a few days previously had flown before the Kaiser at the Tempelhof, would insist upon going up. In starting, his machine hit a post and sustained some damage, of which the pilot was unaware. After a short flight, during which it was evident the machine was not right, the pilot in trying to clear some trees put the rudder over, and instead of responding the machine fell backwards. Eyring was thrown out and sustained a fractured skull. The German Army Manoeuvres. AT the German Army manoeuvres carried out in Mecklenburg Strelitz at the beginning of the week three dirigibles of the Gross type and four aeroplanes took part. Good work was done by these for both the Red and Blue Armies, the despatches being attached to small parachutes and dropped to earth. Fatal Accident in Spain. WHILE flying at the meeting at Huelva, in Spain, on Tuesday of last week, M. Laforestier, a well-known pilot of monoplanes, was killed through a fall. He went up in a strong wind, and, after flying about a quarter of a mile, the machine suddenly dived from a height of 60 metres, and in the crash it caught fire, burning the unfortunate aviator to death. Military Aviation in Holland. THE Dutch Government is now turning its attention to aviation from a military point of view, and Lieut. Poorten has just qualified at the Brouekere School for an aviator's certificate. It is expected that he will shortly be appointed by the Government to start an aviation school in connection with the Dutch Army. A Russian Aviatress. RUSSIA has now an aviatress in Princess Helene Schakowski, who has made the necessary qualifying flights to obtain her certificate. New Russian Records. ON his Gnome-engined Bleriot, on Saturday last, the Russian flyer, Andriadi, successfully beat the Russian height and duration records, his altitudes being 1,260 metres and the duration of his flight 2 hrs. 2 mins. More Aeroplanes for the Russian Army. THE Russian military authorities are evidently not going to be left behind as regards military aviation, the latest announcement being that nine more aeroplanes are to be purchased from abroad. Flying in Morocco. BREGI with a Breguet biplane has arrived at Casablanca where he is to be at the disposal of General Bonnier. He is shortly to carry out a flight with two passengers from Casablanca to Tangier via Rabat, Mequinez, and Fez. The jglO.OOO Trans-American Prize. ON Monday morning Mr. Robert Fowler made a start on a Wright biplane from San Francisco on his flight across America for the £10,000 prize offered by Mr. Hearst. He made very good progress and reached Auburn, 129 miles from his jumping off point. On Tuesday he set off again to cross the Sierra Nevada with Reno as his objecture, but for some at present unexplained reason the machine fell near Alta, fortunately without injuring the pilot. He hoped to be able to start again on Friday. On Wednesday, Mr. James J. Ward, on a Curtiss biplane, started off from New York to fly across to the Pacific coast. Flying at Buenos Ayres. THE large crowd which gathered for the important horse-race meeting at Buenos Ayres on Saturday last were able also to witness some flying, as Cattaneo on his Bleriot flew over and landed on the racecourse. Paillette was also going to fly to the meeting, but while over the Rio de la Tlata his machine was caught by the wind and fell into the water. Both the aviator and the machine were little the worse for the experience. M. Roland Garros, who last week put up a new altitude record on a Bleriot monoplane of 13,943 feet at Parame, near St. Malo.
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