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JULY 13, 1912. [/-yciiT] Legagneaux, on his Zens monoplane, just getting away at Compiegne for his passenger-carrying records when he covered 150 kiloms. in 1h. 13m. 4s. days, with two obligatory stops ; trip of not less than 150 kiloms. in a straight line in one week ; flying for 45 minutes at a height of 800 metres. All these tests are to be made without a passenger, and only after consent has been obtained from a commanding officer. The conditions for civil "superior" certificates are the same, except that the Ae.C.F. may provide the officials. One Peugeot Prize "Won. Now that one of the Peugeot prizes has been won it will doubt less spur others on to try and win the other prize. At Viry Chatillon on the 4th inst., Gabriel Poulain called together the official observers, and by the aid of his cyclo-plane, a racing bicycle fitted with wings, he more than satisfied the conditions for the Decimetre prize of 1,000 francs : To fly over two strings one metre apart and ten centimetres above the ground. He succeeded in covering 3-6 metres plus the length of his bicycle on the first trial and 3-3 metres on the second run in the reverse direction. French Naval Minister and Hydro-Aeroplanes. WITH reference to the hydro-aeroplane competition which is being organised by the Automobile Club of France to take place at St. Malo, M. Delcasse, the French Naval Minister, has offered an objet a'art and a medal as prizes. The dates definitely chosen for the competition are August 25th to 27th. A Grand Prix for Hydro-Aeroplanes. AT the last meeting of the French Aero Club Committee the idea of next year's Grand Prix was talked over, and it was decided that it should be a contest for hydro-aeroplanes over a course from Paris to the sea. Fatal Accident to Bedel. RENE BEDEL, who came to the front by his splendid flight on a Morane monoplane from Villacoublay to Biarritz last April, met his death at Chalons Camp on Tuesday morning in an accident some what similar to that which recently overtook M. Jules Vedrines. He had flown over from Versailles and was preparing to land, when some telegraph wires loomed up in front of him out of the mist. Apparently in the sudden manoeuvres to avoid them the machine was capsized and fell to the ground, the unfortunate aviator being killed in the wreckage. Villacoublay-to Mourmelon oaa Sommer. WITH a passenger, M. Gilbert, on his Sommer machine, Oliveres, on Monday, started from Villacoublay, and keeping mostly at a height of 800 metres flew over to Mourmelon, taking ij hours for the journey. Michelin Target Prizes. AT the tests made at Mourmelon, on Sunday, for the Michelin target prizes Lieut. Varien in his first test placed eight out of fifteen projectiles on the target, and in a subsequent test placed nine out of fifteen shots. Lieut. Bosquet also made an attempt, but could not do better than six out of fifteen. A Curtiss Triad at Marseilles. ON the Paulhan-Curtiss triad, Barra on the 4th inst. flew over from Juan-les-Pins to Marseilles in preparation for a projected flight across the sea to Lyons. He landed on the way at Hyeres after an hour and a quarter's flight, and reached Marseilles an hour later, having taken two hours and a quarter for the journey of 225 kiloms. A Fast Run Home. AFTER the opening ceremony at the Bar-le-Duc Aerodrome, Lieut. Marlin started up on his Hanriot monoplane, and flew back to Rheims, covering the 100 kiloms. in 65 mins. The new 100-tup. Gnome-engined$Morane-Saulnier two-seated (tandem) military monoplane.—It is constructed throughout of steel. The all-steel fuselage of .this machine, it will be remembered, was one of the clous of the last Paris Aero Salon. 641
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