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1911 - 0986.PDF
FOREIGN AVIATIO Another Antoinette Military Pilot. AT Mourmelon, on the 31st ult., Lieut. Fiorelline completed his tests for his superior military certificate on an Antoinette monoplane. He covered the 101 kilometres from Mourmelon to Nettancourt and back in 1 hr. 20 mins., flying mostly at a height of 600 metres. Pascal a Military Pilot. FLVING on his Deperdussin machine on the 31st. ult., Pascal succeeded in making the necessary tests for the superior military certificate. His course was from Etampes to Orleans and back, and when rounding Orleans on the last trip, he dropped a note to the timekeeper, M. Barberon, thanking him for his services. A Clement-Bayard Monoplane at Cbateaufort. ON the 31st ult. Guimard had his Clement-Bayard monoplane out at Chateaufort, and was flying across country for an hour and ten minutes, covering altogether about 100 kiloms. Later in the day he was at work again, and in the air for half an hour, and the next day was flying for over 45 mins. He also made lengthy trips on the 2nd and 3rd inst. Weight'LlFtlng Tests on the Sommer. ON Monday, at the Sommer works at Douzy, Bathiat was flying a monoplane for over an hour, the machine having on board sufficient supplies for a ten hours' flight. On the 31st. ult. he took up a useful load of 180 kilogs. at Rheims, and flew over to Douzy in 52 minutes. Flying from Rheims to Issy. MOUNTING one of the Voisin machines which had been at Rheims for (he military competitions, Mahieu flew back to Issy in a couple of hours on Thursday of last week. The mist was very thick, and made his task a difficult one, but the Eiffel Tower enabled him to pick up his bearings on reaching Paris. The statuette which Adolf Warchalowskl, after flying with it on his biplane from Wiener Neustadt to Castle Schwarze- nau, presented to Archduke Karl Franz Josef and his bride as a wedding gift from himself and his brother Auguste. This incident was recorded recently in FLIGHT, From Orleans to Bourges on a Farman. ON his Gnome-engined Farman biplane,Roger, on the 2nd inst., accompanied by a lady passenger, Mdlle. Gaby d'Orville, started from Orleans, and, rising to a height of about 1,200 metres, flew over to Bourges, reaching there in I hr. 12 mins. New Caudrons for French Army. ON the 2nd inst., at Rue, Rene" Caudron tested two new biplanes for the French Army, which were afterwards taken over by Capt. Destouches. The biplane rose to a height of 580 metres in less than ten minutes with the regulation load. At the time a breeze was blowing at the rate of 8 to 10 metres a second. A Nieuport School at Montpellier. THE Nieuport firm have decided to run a winter school in the South of France, but instead of locating themselves at Pau, they have decided to make their headquarters at Montpellier. Chevalier has been placed in charge. At the R.E.P- School. ON a two-seater R.E.P., on Friday of last week, Amerigo took Captain Wood for a long excursion over Buc, Guyancourt, Voisins- le-Bretonneau, Chateaufort, and Toussus-le-Noble. Bobba was also flying for an hour, making some sharp turns and steep vol planes. Another Bleriot French Military Pilot. ON the 3rd. inst., Lieut. Martin, of the Bleriot Military School at Etampes, completed his test for superior military certificate, flying over the course from Etampes to Orleans. The Coupe Pommeroy. THE second section of the competition for the Coupe Pommeroy, which closed at the end of last month, was won by Vedrines, who also, it will be remembered, won the first section. His winning flight in the second section was from Paris to Angouleme, a distance of 395 kiloms., made during the Paris-Madrid race. The Prix des Escales. QUITE a deal of excitement was provided at the Groues Aerodrome at Orleans during the last few days of October, when the competition for the Prix des Escales became very keen. Allard, with his Caudron, was leading for some time, and seemed in a safe position, when he had the misfortune to capsize his machine, thus allowing Chaves, on a Bleriot, to get in front. The latter won the first prize of 3,000 francs with 27 landings, Allard being second, he taking 2,000 francs, with 23 landings. Dancourt, on a Viale- engined Bleriot, was third, with 20 landings. Flying to a Cemetery, WISHING to follow the French custom of visiting the cemetery on All Hallows' Day, in order to honour his brother's grave, Deneau, an aviator, decided to travel en aeroplane. He started on Wednesday of last week from Chartres, and in a few minutes landed in the Mainvilliers cemetery. He later returned to Chartres, circling over his parents' house on the way back. A Deperdussin School at Pau. FOLLOWING the example of most other schools, the Deperdussin firm have opened a branch at Pau for the winter season. The first flights were made on Friday of last week by Pascal, chief of the Etampes school. Aubrun is to be in charge of the new branch, with Busson as his assistant. R.E.P,'s and the Coupe Pommery. THE three R.E.P. pilots entered for the Coupe Pommery had very hard luck. All three, Bobba, Gibert and Amerigo, made three attempts, but each time they were obliged to turn back on account of fog. In his three tries Amerigo covered a good deal more than 400 kiloms., the minimum necessary to win the cup. How'Garros Overcame the Difficulty. ON arriving at the Pigonnet aerodrome at Aix-en-Provence on the 1st inst., Garros expected to find his Bleriot machine erected and ready to fly. As a matter of fact, he found it had not even been delivered. He at once secured a motor car, and, with his mechanics, drove to Pertuis, where the machine was calmly lying. It was quickly erected, and Garros then flew it over to the aerodrome, greatly to the delight of a large crowd which had gathered to see some flying. 988
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