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[pjGHf] Berlin to St. Petersburg Flight. ON Sunday morning, Abramowitch, on his Wright biplane, left Johannisthal flying ground, near Berlin, to fly with a passenger to St. Petersburg. He was brought down by motor trouble at Driesen, about 50 miles from Posen, but hoped to continue as soon as repairs were effected. The Kaiser and Hydro-Aeroplaning. AGAIN showing his great interest in matters aeronautical, the German Emperor has offered a prize for a hydro-aeroplane com petition to be held between August 29th and September 5th. Military Aviation in Italy. THE Italian Government have decided to form a regular regiment of aviators, divided into two companies, the officers of which will be a Lieut.-Col., a Major, twelve Captains, and twenty- four under Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants. It is also proposed to properly organise the military aviation and aeronautic school. Aerial Touring in Russia. BY the time he arrived at St. Petersburg on the 10th inst., Lieut. Andreadi, who left Sebastopol on June 15th, had completed an aggregate distance of 1,670 miles on his Nieuport monoplane. Royal Passengers In Austria. A LARGE party of guests at the Royal wedding at Baden last week were taken in motor cars to Wiener Neustadt flying ground by Archduke Frederick ; and three princes, Prince George of Bavaria, the Duke of Calabria, and Prince Etienne of Croy were taken for trips by Austrian officers on military aeroplanes. Austrian Government Buys a High Flyer. THE Austrian military authorities have, we learn, purchased f°r ^35iOOO the Lohner-Arrow biplane, fitted with 120-h.p. Austrian- Daimler engine, with which Lieut. Blaschke recently beat the passenger height record. More Aeroplanes for Austrian Army. IT is announced from Vienna that the Austrian Minister of War has just given orders for the construction of a further thirty-five aeroplane for military use. The Austrian Army will then have fifty-one machines at its disposal. The Leipzig-Dresden Race. IN connection with the flying meeting arranged at Dresden, a race was organised from Leipzig which was won by Hirth on his Rumpler monoplane. For the duration prize at Dresden, Schmidt on a Farman biplane was first, and Kahnt on a monoplane second, while for the passenger prize the position of these two were reversed. Fatalities in America. THE first fatality at Mineola field N.Y. occurred a week or two back when Taylor, a mechanic, having obtained permission to do some rolling, got the machine in the air and then lost control. He sustained injuries to which he succumbed. On Saturday, V. M. Smith was killed at Palo Alto in a fall from a height of 50 ft. JULY 20, 1912. FRENCH GORDON-BENNETT TRIALS. IN the French eliminating trials for the Gordon-Bennett Trophy, held at Rheims on Sunday last, Vedrines on his Deper dussin monoplane scored an easy victory and also set up new speed records from 10 to 200 kilometres. A foretaste of what the Deper- dussins was likely to do was given on the I2ih inst., when Prevost covered 100 kiloms. in 37 mins. 29 sees., at a speed of 160-76kiloms. an hour. In the actual trials he did better than this, while Vedrines was actually nine kilometres faster. The trials resulted in Vedrines securing first place, he covering the 200 kilometres in ih. 10m. 50s., at an average speed of 169-9 k.p.h. Prevost was second in ih. 13m. Js.jat a speed of 164 k.p.h., and Frey on the Hanriot was third, his speed being 145 k.p.h. ® ® ® ® NEW RECORDS. Vedrines' New Speed Records. THE new records made by Vedrines in the G.-B. Trials, as well as the old ones which also stood to the credit of Vedrines, are : — Speed. kiloms. h. 50 in 0 100 „ o 150 „ o kiloms. 10 m 20 „ 3° .> 40 „ hour. i ... 1 m. s. 3 33 7 8 TO 4I 14 14 m. s. ( 3 34*) ( 7 14 ) (10 53t) (14 3H) kiloms. 45-664 (40-374) 84-665 (80-374) 200 Time. m. 17 35 53 10 169 s. 46 23 3* 49£ h. m. (0 18 (036 s. io£> 23^) (0 54 371)' (1 15 kiloms. •810 20 j) (i64'33i> hour. Fastest speed. 170-610 kiloms. (167-910 kiloms.). Frey's New Passenger Records. On the 10th inst., at Rheims, Andre Frey on a military two- seater side by side Hanriot machine beat the passengers records from 10 to 100 kilometres recently made by Legagneux. The new figures as well as the old ones are given.in the following table. kiloms. 10 20 30 40 m. •• 4 • 9 • n .. 18 s. 30 I 30 I m. (4 (9 (14 (19 s. 45t) 32) 2lf) 9) kiloms. 50 .. 100 150 .. h. m. s. h. m. s. 0 22 31A (0 23 59) 0 44 561 (0 48 34 > 1 7 19 (1 13 4) The average speed worked out to 135 k.p.h. (84 m.p.h.). The passenger was M. Frey's friend, Moteau, who, by the way, weighs 75 kilogs. (just under 12 stone). TWO NEW FORMS OF LANDING CHASSIS.—On the left, that of the new Zens monoplane, which has a single sk'd to which is strapped, by rubber bands, the axle joining the two landing wheels. The body of the machine is surported by a single rank of chassis struts, and is steadied bv two shock-absorbers in tension, one on either side. On the right is the front of the latest Deperdussin monoplane, the "Monocoque." The spun cowl over the motor is to further reduce head resistance. 666
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