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[/QCHT] The Pommery Cup Competition. LEAVING Etampes soon after 5 a.m. on the 4th inst., on a Bleriot monoplane, Baron Pasquier attempted to beat Bathiat's record for the Pommery Cup, but was compelled to stop at Fontainebleau owing to the rain. On the 6th inst., Guillaux made a great effort on his Clement-Bayard monoplane. lie started from Bordeaux at 5.33 a.m., and at 8.25 a.m. reached Poitiers safely. He reported that the wind was very trying, but after replenishing he re-started at 9.10 a.m. in the direction of Orleans. At 11 o'clock he passed St. Ay, about 10 kiloms. from Orleans, and shortly afterwards ran into a squall. In attempting to land on very rough ground he so damaged the machine that he was compelled to give up. New Duration and Distance Records. FLYING a Maurice Farman biplane at Etampes, on Wednesday, Fonrny succeeded in beating his own duration record of 11 hours, and Gobe's distance record of 460 miles, by covering 633 miles in 13J hours. Maurice Farman at Etampes. ON Monday, Maurice Farman, accompanied by Barbaroux, flew over from Buc to Etampes, in order to note progress at the recently installed branch of the Maurice Farman school. A Two-Hour Flight at Etampes. SOME very good flying was seen at Etampes on Monday, on both Maurice Farman and Henry Farman machines. Guy d'Autroche made a long circuit over Dourdan, Anthon-la-Plaine and Angerville, and Lieut. Briault was up for two hours. The Michelin Target Prizes. THE Aero Club of France has now officially awarded the Michelin target prizes to L. Gaubert. That of 50,000 francs was won by the performance on August 15th, when, from a height of 200 metres, twelve projectiles out of fifteen were landed on a target 20 metres diameter. The prize of 25,000 francs was won on August Hth, when, from a height of 800 metres, eight projectiles out of fifteen were dropped on a rectangular target 120 metres long by 40 metres wide. The machine used was an Astra-Wright fitted with a Scott bomb-dropping apparatus. Another Deperdussin Superior Pilot. FOR his second triangular cross-country test for a French superior certificate, Lacrouze, on Monday, covered a course com prising Amberieu, Chalons and Macon, keeping his Deperdussin at an average height of 1,000 metres. His time for the 210 kiloms. was 2 hrs. 10 mins. in a similar flight on the preceding day. A French Officer Killed. WHILE making a cross-country test from Douai to Sissonne Camp for his superior military brevet Lieut. Chanteniers met with an accident which ended fatally on the 28th ult. The machine fell at Barenton-sur-Serres, close to Laon, and apparently the crash caused the petrol tank to burst. The escaping petrol ignited and before assistance could reach the unfortunate aviator he was burnt to death. Death of a Nleuport Pilot. TYPHOID fever has claimed another aviator as a victim. One of the most promising Nieuport pilots, Barillon, passed away from this cause on Wednesday week in the hospital at Chalons. A Certificate for Hydro-Aeroplane Pilots. THE question of issuing a special certificate for pilots of hydro aeroplanes has been considered by the Aero Club of France and it has been decided to issue a temporary brevet and in the meantime refer the matter to the next Conference of the Federation Aero- nautiquc Internationale. Labouchere Trying for Superior Brevet. ON his Zodiac biplane, Labouchere, on Monday, made one test for a superior certificate by going from Villacoublay to Mourmelon. Flying Four Hanriot Machines in Company. ON the 3rd inst., Lieuts. Menard, Marlin, Clerc and Germaine, each piloting a Hanriot machine, started from the Rheims Military Flying Ground, and after a fast trip landed at Etampes. From there they continued on their way to Pont Levoy. Mdlle. Dutrleu has a Fall. WHILE flying a hydro-aeroplane from Geneva to Lausanne on the 2nd inst., Mdlle. Dutrieu met with a mishap. The motor suddenly stopped, and in some way the aviatress seems to have been thrown from her seat. The machine was badly damaged by its fall, but Mdlle. Dutrieu was picked up by a motor boat little the worse for the adventure. Cross Country on a Clement'Bayard. HAVING flown over to Compiegne for the hunt on the previous Sunday, Gastinger, on the Clement-Bayard monoplane, started off on the 3rd inst. for Issy, and passing over Paris at a height of about 800 metres, arrived safely in five minutes under the hour. SEPTEMBER 14, 1912. A New R.E.P. Superior Pilot. , ON his R.E.P. monoplane Lieut. Bruguiere, on the 3rd tnst., started from Buc in a qualifying flight for a superior brevet. He reached Chartres safely, and later continued his lourney to Orleans, eventually returning to Buc. Testing New Henry Farman Machines. AT Buc on the 3rd inst., Chevillard was testing two new Henry Farman machines for the French Army. On one he went up for 600 metres in 8£ mins., while in the other he got up 590 metres in 8 mins. A Disaster In France. THE terrible catastrophe at the Gray Aerodrome, near Dijon, on Sunday last, once more emphasises the grave responsibility resting upon aerodrome proprietors of seeing that the public are adequately protected. In this case the pilot started off across the ground but the machine failed to rise in the air, and breaking down the wire fence, mowed a way for itself through the crowd before overturning. In view of the large number of spectators, it is surprising that so many were able to get clear of: he machine. Four people were killed, including two ladies, while eight people were taken to the hospital with various injuries. The pilot, Pierre Biard, escaped with but slight injuries. Fast Trip on a Borel. FOR the last test for his military brevet Lieut. Roeckel started from Buc on the 4th inst. and flew to the Mailly Camp, covering the 150 kiloms. in 1 hr. 5 mins. He returned to Buc later. Good Work at Farman School. IN view of the forthcoming French manoeuvres, a lot ol very good work has been done on Farman machines at Buc. On the 4th inst., Henry Farman, with a passenger, was testing his new machine, and Chevillard flew over to St. Cyr to pick up Sapper Seguin, who was to take back a new machine to St. Cyr. Among the officers flying were Capts. Bares, Michaud and Lieuts. Cheutin, Couret, Mouchard and Drouot. After taking up several passengers, Capt. Bares went over to Sens. Sergt. Cams flew for an hour; Sergt. Seyssel, with a sapper, arrived from Verdun; and Sergt. Hurard and another sapper made a long flight over the country. Cross-Country Work on Bleriots. ON the 4th inst., Commandant Felix went on his Bleriot from Etampes to Egreville, a distance of 100 kilometres, and returned in the evening. Sergt. Peretti went from Etampes to Avor Camp, while Deneau arrived at Etampes from St. Cyr to take delivery of a new machine for the manoeuvres. The Farman Brothers at Buc. BOTH Henry and Maurice Farman were busy testing biplanes at Buc on the 6th inst. Both machines were of improved type, and that of Mr. Henry Farman was fitted with a new chassis, with which several landings were effected on ploughed land with satis factory results. A New Bleriot Superior Pilot, ON the 7th inst., Lieut. Dupin left Etampes on his Bleriot machine, and succeeded in flying the 300 kiloms. to Tours, this counting as one of his tests for a superior certificate. On the same day Lieut. Gaubert, also on a Bleriot, went from Etampes to Tournon St. Martin in 2 hrs. 20 mins. Quick Climbing on a Caudron. AT Crotoy, on Monday, Gaston Caudron, on a military machine fitted with a 70-h.p. Gnome motor, with a full load and a passenger, climbed ^20 metres in 4 mins. 20 sees. German Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting. THERE is no doubt that the first German Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting which concluded at Heiligendamn on the 5th inst., must be written down as a fiasco, partly due to the weather, which was all against the aviators. As a result of the poor attempts for the week by the three or four competitors, the prizes offered by the Emperor, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Minister of Public Works could not be awarded. We referred to the attempts at flight during the first few days in our last issue, and on the 4th inst., Buchner got his machine up to a height of 250 metres, but had to make an enforced descent on the water, while Von Gorrissen tried hard, but vainly, to get his machine in the air. At the conclusion of the meeting on the following day, consolation prizes ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 marks were distributed among the competitors. A German Officer Killed. WHILE Lieut. Steger was practising on a biplane over the Oberwiesenfeld aerodrome in Bavaria on the 6th inst., the machine was caught by a gust of wind and fell from a height of 300 ft., the aviator sustaining such injuries that he died shortly after. Aviators in Austro-Httngarian Manoeuvres, IT is stated that thirty military aviators have been detailed to take part in the forthcoming manoeuvres of the Austro-Hungarian army which this year are to be held in Hungary. 842
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