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lAEJEI MAY 25, 1912. THE KING INSPECTS HIS ARMY FLYERS His Majesty King George watching one of the Army aviators during a flight at Aldershot on Friday of last week. In the background will be noticed one of the dirigibles, the hangars, &c. Ai'TKK the Navy the previous week came the turn of the Army last week, and during his visit to Aldershot His Majesty the King saw that even as the Navy is not without capable flyers, so also the Army has a number of pilots capable of getting the best out of the equipment Of the new arm. In preparation for the arrival of Their Majesties quite a lot of flying was seen at Farnborough, the flyers usually stationed there being supplemented on Tuesday evening by several officers from Salisbury, at one time five machines being in the air at once. Unfortunately when the King arrived on the following day, a forty-mile wind had taken possession and it was deemed inadvisable to allow the machines to go up ; Their Majesties saw some work done with man-lifting box kites. In its usual fickle waywardness almost as soon as the Royal Party had left the ground the wind moderated and several ascents were made. On Thursday morning the King had a sight of Mr. Cody, now happily recovered from his accident, piloting his machine, which, in spite of a high wind, easily carried four passengers besides Mr. Cody. The machine, however, was only up for a short time. The various Army aeroplanes were out in the evening, full advantage being taken of the calm, and the evolutions were then watched by Their ® ® "Clement-Bayard III" Beats Height Record. ON the 9th inst. the new Clement-Bayard airship was cruising for an hour at La Motte Breuil with eight persons on board. It was tested for speed during a trip to Attigny and back, but the speed attained was not disclosed. Continuing its series of tests, the new dirigible "Clement- Bayard III " was out for four hours on Monday morning. Starting from Lamotte Breuil, it cruised to Vic-Sur-Aisne and Noyon, after wards returning to Lamotte Breuil. During this trip the airship went up to a height of 2,900 metres (9,513 ft.), thus beating the world's airship height record, previously held by the " Adjudant Reau." There were several passengers on board. Wireless Experiments with "ZII." THE airship manmivres at Cologne having fallen through owing to the absence of the other dirigibles various experiments have been recently carried out with "Z II." On the 10th inst. it was cruising for two hours above the military camp at Elsenborn, observing from a height of 1,400 metres the manceuvres of several companies of infantry and artillery. The airship started from Cologne at 4.30 a.m. and returned seven hours later. During all this time it was in communication by means of wireless telegraphy with the stations at Cologne, Metz, Strasburg, Coblentz and Carlsruhc. On the 6th inst. the airship paid a visit to Coblentz, and on the following day it went to Aix-la-Chapelle. Majesties from the grounds of the Royal Pavilion. On Friday, the King specially visited the headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Aircraft Factory. Their Majesties were received by Major Sykes, the new Commandant of the Military Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, who presented Capt. Burke, Capt. Loraine and Lieuts. Fox, Reynolds, and Barrington-Kennett, together with Mr. De Ffavil- land. Five of these pilots went aloft, the machines used including three built in the Royal Aircraft Factory, as well as a Nieuport and a Deperdussin. The new Avro biplane just taken over by the Army was also paraded, but was not actually flown. Perhaps the most spectacular flight of the day was made by Mr. De Havilland, who, having climbed up to 2,500 feet, suddenly dived to within 100 feet of the ground, and then gently came to rest just by his hangar. The King made a thorough inspection of the Aircraft Factory, and witnessed the progress made with the new airship " Delta," while Lieut. Waterlow piloted the " Beta" through some evolutions over the camp. Further flights were carried out later in the evening, when a large crowd assembled on the common to watch proceedings, while Their Majesties followed them from the Royal Pavilion. ® ® The Ae.C.F. Grand Prix. AT the time of closing the entries for this event on the 15th inst., the number had grown to thirty-six, these representing sixteen makes, ten of them being biplanest and twenty-six monoplanes*, as indicated:—1-5, Morane-Saulnier* ; 6-8, Deperdussin*; 9-11, R.E.P.* ; 12-14, Sommer* ; 15, Deperdussin* ; 16-17, Hanriot* ; 18, Breguett; 19, Caudront; 20, Breguett; 21-22, Astrat; 33, Zodiact; 24-26. Nieuport* ; 27-28, M. Farmant; 29, H. Farmant; 30, P. Zens*; 31-33, Bleriot* ; 34, Ladougnet ; 35, Borel* : 36, Deperdussin*. In the ballot for starting order the first place, and also the last, was drawn by Deperdussin. Accurate measurement of the course Angers, Cholet, Saumur Angers has shown the distance to be I57'4IJ kiloms, so that the three rounds on the first day, will total to 472-233 kiloms. and the four rounds on the second day to 629-644 kiloms., making the total distance 1,101-877 kiloms. A New French Military Centre at Nancy. FOLLOWING the visit of the Military Commission to Nancy, it is proposed to establish a flying centre at Brichandau Ground. Lieuts. Nicaud and Montjou are to make some landing trials there shortly and if these are satisfactory as it is anticipated they will be, the Minister of War has promised to station an escadrille of aero planes there, with a captain and five lieutenants, as well as the necessary establishment of a flying school. 472
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