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IftiGHT First French Supzrior Sapper Pilot. THE first non-commissioned officer in the French Army to obtain a superior certificate is Sapper Letort, who made his last qualifying flight on the 16th inst., over a course from Villesauvage to Beaugency and back, a distance of 150 kilometres. The test was made on a Bleriot-Gnome monoplane, which kept at a fairly constant elevation of 1,200 metres. Paulhan on the Curtiss Triad. WITH I'aulhan at the wheel, the Curtiss hydro-aeroplane flew from Juan les Pins to Cannes and back on the 17th inst., and during the 40 mins. flight it manoeuvred above the torpedo flotilla. A second trip to Cannes was made by Paulhan with his mechanician .as passenger, this time only 20 mins. being taken. In a third trip the passenger was a lady. On the previous day Robinson had piloted the machine over to Cannes, and landed in the harbour, afterwards returning to Nice. Fast Flight on the Paulhan-Tatin Torpedo. TESTING the Paulhan-Tatin torpedo at Rheimson the 17th inst., Chambenois, who had only made one previous flight upon it, covered 10 kiloms. in a closed circuit at a height of 150 metres at a speed of 140 kiloms. an hour. This was not officially timed however. On the following day he flew 12 kiloms. at a speed which was said •to be 150 kiloms. an hour. Bielovuclc Flies Three Hours on a Depardussin. STARTING from the Betheny flying ground, near Rheims, Bielovucic was flying for 3 hours 10 mins. on a Deperdussin mono plane on the 17th inst. During his trip he passed over Chalons and several other towns in the neighbourhood at a height of 1,400 metres. Bomb Dropping at Bouy. THE French military aviator, Bosquet, who is giving special attention to the subject of bomb dropping, was making some further experiments at Bouy, on the 17 inst. Of fifteen projectiles dropped from a height of 600 metres, nine landed on places indicated by the aviator before he went up. At the Farman Military School at Chalons, Two new Farman aeroplanes of the headless type were taken over to the Military Aerodrome at Rhiems, on the 17th inst., by Lieut. Menard and Seguin. Later, Sapper Seguin, who is a brother of the inventor of the Gnome motor, made his last test for •the Military aviator's certificate. Ensign Fournie reconnoitred the landing grounds in the neighbourhood of Vesey, while Lieut. Cammermann and Vigne made an aerial inspection of the forts round about Rhiems. Flying from Pau to Barcelona. ON the 15th inst., Brindejonc des Moulinais left Pau on his Morane aeroplane intending to make a non-stop flight to Perpignan, but was compelled to come FEBRUARY 24, 1912. on an Astra military-type biplane. Each time two passengers were taken, these including, in pairs, Mdlle. Marie Tissot and Lieut. Girauld, Mdlle. Jeanne Tissot and Lieut. Couret, Lieut. Passin and M. de Tanley, and Lieut. Thomas and Rabot. At the Pau Deperdussin School. ON Sunday afternoon Lieut. Rochet was flying for forty minutes at a height of 300 metres, and Lieut. Janserod was up for an hour at a height of 1,000 metres. Pau to Biarritz and Back. ON Saturday last, Lieut. Ducourneau on a Gnome-engined Bleriot, and Lieut. Malherbe on a similar machine, flew from Pau to Biarritz, the journey in the case of the former taking an hour and ten minutes. Later, in the afternoon, Lieut. Ducourneau flew back again 10 Pau. Four on a Boril Monoplane* ON Sunday, Captain Destouches paid a visit to the Borel head quarters, at La Vidamee, and after a flight of twenty minutes with Verrept, which was ended by a splendid vol plane, from a height of 1,000 metres, he witnessed a splendid demonstration by the same pilot. Taking Lieuts. Abrantes and Sensal, and another aviator, Voight, together with sufficient petrol and oil for three hours, the whole representing a load of 350 kilogs, Verrept got the machine away easily, and rapidly rose to a height of 200 metres. Another Fatality at Johannisthal. WHILE a pupil of Gorrissen named Schmidt was making a spiral descent at Johannisthal on the 15th inst., his machine was apparently caught by the wind and side slipped. It fell from a height of 800 metres and the pilot sustained such severe injuries that he died on the following day. Passenger Carrying in Germany. A NOTE from Germany states that on the 18th inst. at Munich, Rendzel made a flight of 9 mins. 8 sees carrying five persons on his biplane, a record for Germany. On Tuesday he carried a similar load for 21 mins. 45 sees. Military Flying in Germany. HAVING received instructions to take some military orders to the Fusilier Regiment at Brandenburg and return to Doeberitz Camp without landing, upon the same lines as reported last week, Lieuts. Manhke and Solmitz successfully carried out the task, but when coming down at Doeberitz, the motor suddenly stopped and the machine pancaked down, fortunately without doing much damage. While the two officers were away, Lieuts. Abramowitsch and Hartwig flew over to Johannisthal, making the journey in 36 minutes. •down at Chalabre after an hour and a-half's flying. On the following day he made three flights above the town and then went on to Narbonne where he stopped for the night. He arrived at Per pignan on the 17th inst., and intended to go on to Barce lona the following afternoon. Then, however, the windy weather compelled him to •delay his departure, although he managed to make one or two trial flights. A Savary Superior Pilot. AT Chartres, on Sunday, Reichert, who is in charge of the Savary School, made two flights each of an hour and a-half duration by way of qualifying for his superior certificate. Each time he was accompanied by a passenger. An Astra Biplane Over Paris. ON Sunday afternoon •quite a number of trips were made over Paris by Labouret Another view of Bombay from the Spsncer captive balloon, showing the Indian'Ocean and Colaba Point. 178
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