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MAY I8, 1912. l/UG mi 'ORE1GN VIATION Flying 700 Kilometres in a Day. LIEUT, DE BRIEY who on the previous Saturday made the journey between Rheims and St. Cyr on his Deperdussin machine, succeeded on the 9th inst., in flying 700 kiloms. in one day. Starting from St. Cyr he went by Rouen, Dieppe, and Le Crotoy, where he made a stop of forty minutes for lunch and replenishments, then proceeding via Abbeville, Douai, and Laon, where a stop of twenty minutes was made for petrol. The trip was then completed to Rheims, where he arrived at 1.20 having taken seven hours and a-half for the distance of 540 kilometres. During the afternoon he started off again and made a circular trip of 165 kiloms. in two hours over Rethel, Bouzier, Chalons and back to Rheims. Cross-Country Flying by French Officers. A NUMBER of very fine cross-country flights were made by the French Military Officers on the nth inst. Lieut. Grezeaud, on a Farman, went from St. Cyr to Mailly Camp, whilst Lieut. Migaud on a Breguet from Mailly Camp to Douai. Ensign Fournier started from Rheims with the intention of flying to Dunkerque, but landed because of the mists at La Motte Breuil after flying an hour and a-half. Lieut. Pierra, also on a Farman, who started from Rheims at the same time, got to La Motte Breuil five minutes earlier, but went on and landed at Beauvais. There he replenished his petrol tank and restarted for Harve, but came down at Kouen where he was joined on Monday by Fournier. Lieut, de Jensac, also on a Farman, on Saturday flew from Chalons to Amiens, where he landed, and later in tne day returned to Mourmelon. Vldart Flies to See Vedrines. ANXIOUS to see his camaradc Vedrines, Vidart decided to fly from Amberieu to Paris on the 7th inst. The weather was very unsettled when he started, and it took him an hour and three-quarters to get to Dijon, where he stayed an hour and a-quarter. He then started off in the direction of Troyes, which he reached sarely and made a landing for a few minutes. He restarted fio-n the;c h.it was brought down by the blinding rain at Maison-Rouge, a sh^rt distance before reaching Nangis. As the weather snowed no signs of improvement he decided to wait until the following day, when he successfully completed the journey, landing at Issy about half-past ten. Inspecting the Grand Prix Circuit. AFTER paying his visit to Vedrines, Vidart decided to fly over to Saumur in odjr to have a look at the course proposed for the Grand Prix race of the Aero Club of France. He started from Issy at 6 o'clock on Monday morning and covered the 300 kilos, to Saumur in four hours including a short Stop at Tours. In the evening he was flying over Saumur but in landing at Breil broke a piopelhr. Ae C.F. Grand Prix. ANOTHER entry, a Breguet, has been received or this event, thus making eighteen. A Borel Hydro-Monoplane. CHAMRENOJT having fitted his Borel monoplane with detachable floats has been making a series of experiments with it over land and over the sea at Bougival in Jersey, obtaining very satisfactory results. Henry Farcnan at Buc ON the 10th inst. Henry Farman on his monoplane flew over from Chalons to Buc in order to meet the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia to explain to him the details of his monoplane and also his latest type of biplane. He took up his father for a trip on the former machine, making several very sharp turns during the flight. Long Flights at Farcnan School. AMONG the large number of very fine flights made during the past few days at the Farman School at Buc may be specially mentioned those of Lieut. Polli and Adjudant Ducasse on the 8th inst., when they were flying for an hour and a-half and that of Lieut. Noe with Capt. Langier on the 10th when they made a long reconnoitring flight over St. Cyr, Versailles, Palaiscau, and Chevreuse. On the following day Lieut. Noe took several officers for trips over Versailles and afterwards carried Sergeant Beausure de Sayssel along the Seine Valley to Juvisy, Bretigny, and Palaiseau, passing over the Senart forest. On the nth, Lieut. Cesari made a flight of an hour's duration. Mdlle. Marvingt Changes her Mount. ONE of the latest pupils to join the Deperdussin School at Courcy-Betheny near Rheims is Mdlle. Marvingt who some time ago used to pilot an Antoinette machine. A Promising Deperdussin Pilot- GUITON, a French non-commissioned officer who has recently learnt to fly at the Deperdussin School at Rheims, was up for an hour on the 8th inst., mostly at a height of 1,200 metres. 1 le con cluded by a fine vol plant from 500 metres high. At the Farman School at Etampes. ON the 8th inst., Chevillard ieturned from Buc to Etampes in splendid style, and Kamberos was practising high flying. Two days later the Greek officer made his first qualifying flight for a superior certificate, while a second test was made on the following day. Successful Tests with New Train Monoplane. At Mourmelon, on the 8th, Lieut. Levassor made some fine tests on the new Train monoplane with metallic wings. Rising to a height of well over 1,000 metres he went off in the direction of Rheims, and finally landed by a splendid glide after being in the air over an hour. Progress at R.E.P. School. THE fine flying of Gordon Bell has been greatly missed at the R.E.P. School at Buc during his absence in Turkey, but some variety has been given to the daily doings by the Turkish officers, who are being taught to fly. On the loth inst., Granel, the chiet pilot, was flying over Versailles, and Lieut. Precardin made a flight of an hour and a-half's duration. FLIGHT Side view of the Hanriot monoplane in flight. 451
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