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1911
1911 - 0810.PDF
AVIATION AT THE FRENCH ARMY MANOEUVRES AT VE>OUL.—Amongst those who are making history in connection with the French Manoeuvres now in progress, three important men are seen above, viz., Capt. Felix (on right), the Dlrector-in-Chief of the Aeronauti cal Section of the manoeuvres, and Sappers Martinet and Legagneux. SEPTEMBER I6, 1911. tools and spare parts, including a complete fire extinguisher. On the following day he flew over to Vesoul. The manoeuvres proper commenced on Monday,. but on Sunday last a very great deal of flying was seen, large crowds being attracted to the neighbourhood. One of the finest flights was made by Lieut. Chevreau, who was in the air for 4J hours, while Loridan was flying on and off with an observer practically all day. Very complete arrangements have been made for the repair of the aeroplanes, several motor lurries, &c, being fitted up as repair shops in addition to the work shops at the headquarters of the two armies. The system < f dropping messages from aeroplanes by means of loaded bags did not prove very successful, several of them being lost, but in a good many cases the aviators on landing mounted a horse and conveyed their reports to their superior officers personally. On Monday the wind was very bad indeed, but despite the unfavourable conditions very good work was done. AIRSHIP NEWS. A New Astra Dirigible. ON the 7th inst. a new dirigible named the "Adjutant Reau," built at the Astra Works on Bayaid-Clement lines, made its first appearance in the open at Issy, and on the following day it made its first trial trip. It was in the air for five minutes under the hour, and passed over Vannes, Clumart, Billancourt, Meudon, Sevres, the Bois de Boulogne, and Auteuil, before returning to its shed at Issy. Before being taken over by the French Government, the airship, which is of 9,300 cubic metres capacity, will probably cruise from Paris to Brussels and London. At the French Military Manoeuvres. IT is impossible to give in the limited space at our disposal a full account of the doings of the French aviators at the military manoeuvres which have been carried out in the East of France, as each day there has been an enormous amount of flying, both by officers and civilian aviators. Nineteen flyers, under Capt. Eteve, including, amorg the reservists, Latham, Fourny, Nieuport, Renaux, Helen, Sommer, &c, were attached to the 6th Corps; while twenty-five, under Capt. Felix, have been attached to the 7th Army Corps, the reservists including Mar inet, Legagneux, Loridan, Tabuteau, and Vedrines Moineau, a pilot at the Breguet School, was also among those attached to the 7th Corps, and on Tuesday of last week on a Breguet with a 100-h.p. engine he flew from Douai to Mourmelon in an hour and a half, deducting the time taken for a stop at Rheims. He carried two passengers, besides 410 kilogs. of "Adjutant Vincenot" Out Again. AFTER being deflated, overhauled, and having several modifications made, the Clement dirigible "Adjutant Vincenot" was brought out again on the 7th inst., and for an hour cruised over La Motte Breuil and the neighbourhood. The alterations appear to have improved the stability and added to the speed. "Schwann" Visits Berlin. A SECOND time Berlin has been visited by a Zeppelin airship as on Friday of last week the " Schwaben " cruised from Gotha, and after manoeuvring over Berlin for some time landed at Potsdam, where it was to remain for several days with the idea of reviving the flagging interest in the Zeppelin system. A break in the weather, however, decided those in charge to get the great airship near a proper shelter, and so it was hurriedly got under way on Sunday morning, and with a following wind reached Gotha safely after a voyage of four and a quarter hours. AVIATION AT THE FRENCH ARMY MAN CEUVRES.—Some of the Bessonneau hangars at Vesoul, and the military aeroplanes which are giving such a splendid account of themselves. 812
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