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1912 - 0860.PDF
pgGHT] SEPTEMBER 21, 1912, FOREIGN AVIATION NEW Progress at R.E.P. Works. SOME Italian officers visiting Buc on Monday last witnessed some tests with a new iwo-seater R.E.P. monoplane fitted with a 3-cyl. R.E.P. motor. The machine easily lifted a load of 300 kilogs., and attained a speed of US k.p.h. Training for a superior brevet, Brigadier Vallet was up for three hours on the same day. A Bleriot School at Buc. IN order to hare a school for both civil and military pupils in close proximity to Paris M. Bleriot has acquired a stretch of 200 hectares at Haut-Buc. Perreyon a Superior Pilot. ON the 12th inst. Perreyon, the well-known Bleriot pilot, made a first test for a superior certificate over a course from Etampes to Larcay, near Tours, and back, a distance of 300 kiloms. On the 14th inst. he made a triangular trip of 250 kiloms. from Etampes to Vendome, then to Ceriottes camp and back to Etampes, landing as arranged beforehand at the intermediate points mentioned. His average altitude was well over 1,000 metres. Cross-country Work by Mme. Palller. SOME splendid crosscountry work has recently been accom plished by Mme. Pallier on the Astra biplane. On the nth inst. she ascended at Villacoublay, and after flying over the neighbour hood of Versailles for some time went over to Etampes and landed there. Having rested for an hour she restarted and flew over to Chartres, where she arrived at 10 a.m. three hours after leaving Villa coublay. On the 13th Mme. Pallier flew from Chartres to Versailles and back in about two hours, and on the following day she returned to Villacoublay doing the trip in 50 min. Motor Gun for Fighting Airships. DURING last week tests were carried out at Toulon with a new 75 mm. gun, mounted on a motor chassis, designed for attacking dirigibles. An aerial target at a height of 1,000 metres was used. Tests for the Pommery Cup. DURING last week the only serious attempt for the Pommery Cup was made by Frantz, who on his Savary biplane started from Douai at 5.31 a.m., although it was raining heavily with a strong wind blowing. He reached Chartres at 8.15, and after 10 mins. rest restarted for Biarritz. He got to Poitiers about noon, and then, as his motor was giving trouble, decided to give up, after covering about 500 kiloms. Making his way back to Calais to make another attempt for the Cup, Guillaux on his Clement-Bayard monoplane went from Orleans to Issy on the 13th in I hr. 10 mins. He went on to Calais on Monday, making a stop at Le Crotoy for replenishments. New Ciudron Superior Pilots. ON the 10th inst. Sapper Duval on a Caudron, fitted with Gnome engine and Chauviere propeller, made a 200 kilom. flight for a superior brevet over the course St. Cyr-Chartres-Orleans-St. Cyr. The same day Lieut. Gerrard, who the previous evening had flown fun. Crotoy to Beauvais, went on to Amiens and then back to Crotoy this being the last test for his special military certificate. On the 12th inst. he made a flight of 24 hours over the country round Crotoy. Mdlle. Dutrieu in a Motor Smash. ON the 13th inst. a motor car in which Mdlle. Dutneu was riding, collided with a tree on the Roanne road near Lapalisse, and the aviatress was seriously injured. Another Good Voyage by Bathiat. LEAVING Mourmelon on the 7th inst., Bathiat, on his bommer monoplane flew over to Calais, covering the 400 kiloms. in 3 hrs. 40 mins. Another Meeting for Berlin. THE eighth Berlin flying meeting is fixed to take place from September 29th to October 6th. Part of the events will be contested at Johannisthal and the others at Doeberitz. The prize list amounts to ,£2,400, of which £800 will be devoted to bomb-dropping com petitions and the like. A Berlin-Paris Prize. A PRIZE of 18,000 marks has been offered by the Rumpler firm for the first German aviator, who, on a Rumpler machine shall succeed in flying from Berlin to Paris in one day. Aircraft at the German Manoeuvres. IN the recent German Army manoeuvres, each force had two aeroplane divisions of six machines each attached to them, "and the Blue Army had a Gross and a Parseval dirigible, while the " Zeppelin III " was with the " Reds." Practically no details are available as to the work done, except that it met with the approval of the General Staff, who, however, in commenting on the operations, pointed out that the use of aeroplanes did not render cavalry reconnaissance superfluous, as on two days out of five no flying was possible. Military Flying in Belgium. ON the 13th inst. Lieuts. Sarteel and Stellingswerff left Antwerp on a Farman military machine, and after a flight of an hour and a-half they landed on the front at Ostend. An Uncontrolled Crowd in Spain. WHILE Lacombe was giving an exhibition flight at Ponferrada on Thursday of last week, a portion of the crowd of 12,000 spectators invaded the aerodrome with the result that, when trying to land, the machine was driven against the grand stand. The machine was smashed up and ten of the spectators were injured, but the aviator escaped unhurt. A Military School at Buencs Ayres. A MILITARY flying school was opened at Buenos Ayres on the 10th, when Paillette, the instructor, took up the Minister of War on his Farman. Other flights were made by Mr. George Newberry, President of the local Aero Club, also on a Farman, Tels on a Bleriot, and Lieut. Gobat on another Farman. The flying was witnessed by the Navy Minister and chief officers of the Army. THE LATEST HENRY FARMAN BIPLANE.—This view, taken from the rear, shows very clearly the general arrangement of the new machine. Note the short lower plane, the large ailerons and the arrangement of the central portion of the machine. The outer sections of the main plane can easily be taken off so that the machine can then be towed along the road. The pilot and passenger are seated in the body which projects from the front of the machine and is easily detachable. The photograph also shows the new system of undercarriage to which reference has already been made in FLIGHT. 860
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