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[/JJGHT FEBRUARY 3, 1912. 'O REIGN Ae.C.F. Prizes Awarded. AT a meeting of the Aero Club of France's Aviation Committee last week it was decided not to make any award of the prize of 10,000 francs offered for improvements in aeroplanes. It was also decided not to award the similar prize for improved landing chassis,but three smaller prizes were awarded under this head, i.e., 5,000 francs to M. Breguet, 3,000 francs to M. Esnault Pelterie, and 2,000 francs to M. Maurice Farman. The Coupe d'Aviation des Societes affiliees a l'Aero Club de France, was awarded to the Societe des Anciens Aerostiers Militaires. Aviators at Nice. WHENEVER the weather has permitted recently, the our flyers who have made their winter headquarters at Nice have given very good displays. Perhaps the most prominent is Laurens, who on his Deperdussin monoplane last week took several passengers including a couple of ladies over the town. Fine flights have also been made by Poumet on a Morane and Count Robillard-Cosnac and Roger Morin. At the invitation of M. Camille Blanc, Laurens on Monday, flew over the parade of motor cars and dropped a bouquet in the Palace grounds. A French Regiment of Aviators. THE new French Minister of War is losing no opportunity of showing that he is fully alive to the value of military aviation, and the idea is now to create a regiment of aviators. Of course, the regiment would be distributed in companies at the various aerodromes which are to be formed near each military centre. The scheme, it is said, has already been approved by the French President. The Anzant "Jeton d'Or." M. ANZANI has renewed his prize, known as the *' Jeton d'Or," for IQI2, although one or two alterations have been made in the rules. It will be reserved this year for machines fitted with Anzani motors, and the holder will receive 25 francs a day up to December 31st, 1912. The course will be a single journey between Paris and Bordeaux in either direction, the starting point being within 50 kiloms. of either Paris or Bordeaux, while the specified landing places are respectively Issy and the military camp of Bordeaux. Competitors will be classed according to average speed, and the carrying of a passenger will secure a time bonus often per cent. The maximum time for the course is ten hours. The Voisin Canard Visits Buc. ON the 25th ult. Colliex, on one of the Voisin Canard biplanes, accompanied by Rugere, flew over from Issy to Buc, where some experiments are to be carried on over the lake. French Officers Decorated. BEFORE the assembled troops at Vincennes, on the 25th ult., Capt. Echeman and Lieuts. Mailfert and Yence were presented with the Cross of the Legion of Honour. Brindejonc Still After Height Record. AT Pau, on the 25th ult., Brindejonc des Moulinais had another try for the height record on his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, but after getting up to 2,500 metres he was obliged to come down. The English Pilot at Buc. GORDON BELL, the English pilot at the R.E.P. school, is now quite at home on his machine, and practically every day makes at least one flight of about an hour's duration. On the 25th ult. he was doing some fancy flying, and demonstrating the complete control which he had of his mount. Quick Training at Pau. AFTER only nine days instruction at the Bleriot Military Schoo at Pau, Lieut, de Bernis qualified for his pilot certificate, and twenty days after joining the school he made a flight of one hour at a height of 300 metres. Long Flight by Military Officers. AT Pau, on the 26th ult., Lieut. Massol made the out-and-home journey to Urt, a distance of 160 kiloms., in 1 hour 38 mins. His average height was 1,600 metres. On the following day he made a round trip of 150 kiloms. in the morning, touching at Peyrehorade and Urt, while in the afternoon he made a 240-kilom. trip from Pau to Biarritz. On Monday he also made a cross-country flight of an hour's duration. An Hour on a Tellier. AT St. Omer, on the 26th ult., Marc Pourpe was flying a Tellier monoplane fitted with a Chenu motor. He was up for over an hour, and flew over St. Omer and the neighbourhood at a great height. Another Good Flight at Pau. ON Saturday last, Etienne Giraud piloted one of the Bleriot school machines from Pau to Eauze and back, a distance of 150 kiloms. In the afternoon he was taken for a flight by Leblanc on a two- seater Bleriot, while on Monday, by way of finishing up his work at the school, he made a flight of about an hour's duration on this machine. Sommer Monoplanes for French Army. ON the 28th ult. at Douzy, before Capt. Destouches and Adjutant Ducasse, Bathiat tested four Sommer monoplanes, which were afterwards delivered to the French Army. With a load of 150 kilogs. they showed a speed of 107 k.p.h., and climbed 300 metres in 3 mins. 45 sees. Honour for the Gnome Inventor. AT last M. A. Seguin, the inventor of the Gnome motor, which has played such a large part in the development of aviation has been honoured by the French Government. In French aviation circles it has been a matter for wonder for some time that while aviators have been freely honoured, no notice has been taken of the man whose motor has done so much for the cause. Now, however, this has been remedied as the Cross of the Legion of Honour has been con ferred on M. A. Seguin. The Clement Bayard biplane, equipped with a Gnome engine, under test at Issy-les-Moulineaux. One of the principal characteristics of this machine is that It can be transformed, in the space of a few minutes, into a monoplane. IIO
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