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OCTOBER 19, 1912. L/UGHT Flight a<s Maia-Birdi Aeroplanes for French Army. So far the French National Fund has produced practically £70,000, which with the £300,000 voted by the Chambre for the purpose of buying 300 aeroplanes, makes a total of £370,000 which the trench have for spending on aeroplanes this year. The greater part of the 300 machines has already been delivered and they will all be handed over before the end of the year, by which time the army will also have 62 additional machines purchased by the National Fund. With regard to the ordering of aeroplanes a new system has been commenced, a commission, consisting of the chiefs of the Aeronautic Centres, Cols. Bouttieaux, Etienne, and Breton, have been appointed, and it will meet every six month--, and draw up a list of machines to be ordered, and arrange for their delivery. Another commission has been appointed which will have the duty of supervising the deliveries ot the machines. A Record Oversea Trip. AN Italian aviator, Nino Cagliani, sprang into fame on October 9th, through his splendid flight from Pisa to Bastia, Corsica. He left Pisa at 3.27 p.m., and landed safely at Bastia at 5.30, taking two hours for the voyage of 150 kiloms. His machine was an Antoni monoplane, built in Italy, on Bleriot lines, and fitted with a Gnome motor. For the Coupe Pommery. A SPLENDID effort for the Pommery Cup was made by Bernard on his Maurice Farman machine on the nth inst. He started from Calais, to which place he had flown his machine from Buc the previous day. He got away at 6.25 a.m., accom panied by M. Senouque, and at 10.10 they landed at Versailles. Getting away again at 10.45, they landed at Bordeaux at 5.45 p.m., and then decided to stop on account of the gathering darkness. A couple of minutes after Bernard left Calais, Molla, on an R.E.P., was also timed away, but he was brought down at Villiers l'Hopital with petrol- pipe trouble. On Monday, Gil bert started from Valenciennes on his Rhone-engined Sommer monoplane, but quickly returned and reported it impossible to get on owing to wind and rain. Bathiat and Daucourt will also make further efforts to win the Cup at the first opportunity. Long Flights at Farman School. AMONG the many fine performances at the Farman school at Buc last Saturday may be specially mentioned a trip of 2 hours by Lieut. Vanduyck, who has just finished his period of tuition, one of 40 mins. by Adjutant Panent, and the fine flying of Lieuts. Godob and d'Abrantes over Trappes, St. Cyr, Versailles, &c. Guillaux a Superior Pilot. ON his Clement-Bayard metallique monoplane, Guillaux on Sunday completed two tests for his military brevet, flying from Issy- les-Moulineaux to Montoire-sur-Loir, covering the 390 kiloms. in 3 hours 5 mins. More Excursions by Vidart. ON Sunday, Vidart, on his Deperdussin-Gnome machine, made an excursion over Port d'Ain and Bourg-en-Bresse. On his return to Amberieu he was flying for some time over the town and also round the Bugey mountains. An Hour on a R.E.P. AT the R.E.P. School at Buc, on Saturday, Lieut. Delvert was flying for over an hour. Several other military pupils put in some good work, and Granel, the instructor, made a splendid trip over Versailles and St. Cyr at a great height. -From the original by Frank M, Williamson. Another Batch of Farmans for French Army. ON Monday seven Farman biplanes were handed over to the French military authorities at Chalons Camp. They included five 50-h.p. machines and two of 70-h.p., and were put through their paces by Testulot, the pilot of the Farman works at Buc. After Four Months* Rest. ALTHOUGH he had not done any flying fcr four months, Capt. Casse had no hesitation in mounting a BleViot machine on Monday and carrying out a trip of 250 kiloms. from Pau to Dax and Tarbes and back to Pau. Gcod Training at Bleriot School. AT the end of last week the Ble>iot school at Etampes had the satisfactory record of having eight pupils securing their brevets within four days. In each case the period of training was very short, and, despite the gusty weather which had prevailed, none of the pupils were credited with any bois casse. Legagneux Flies at Night. LATE in the afternoon of the 9th inst., Legagneux, on his Blenot-Gnome machine, started from Compiagne, and landed at Chartres after dark. Recent Dillverlesof Farmans. APART from recent deliveries to the French Government, the Farman firm have within the past few days despatched ma chines to Ilaly, for service in Tripoli, while others have been sent to Greece and to Japan. A Savary Superior Pilot. ON a Savary biplane, Ser geant 1'enet, on Saturday, car ried out some of the tests for his military certificate over the course, St. Cyr - Orleans - Chartres-St. Cyr. The machine was fitted with a Labor-Aviation motor, and had been flown over from the Savary works at Chartres by Penet a few days previously. Testing Military Caudrons. ON Saturday a party of French officers were at Crotoy to witness tests with a new 70-h.p. Caudron militray biplane. With Rene Caudron at the tiller, the machine, carrying a passenger and full supply of fuel, &c, mounted 500 metres in 7 mins., and easily fulfilled the other requirements of the French Army. Henry Farman has a New Machine. DURING last week-end Mr. Henry Farman was very busy at Buc testing a machine, which has been fitted with a new arrangement of skids, &c, of which we hope to give particulars shortly. Another Caudroa Military Pilot. OVER the course Crotoy-Treport-Calais-Crotoy, Lieut. Le Bihan made the first test for his military brevet on Saturday last on a Caudron machine. The same day two sappers passed for their Ae.C.F. "tickets," making five brevets secured in a week. New Farman Superior Pilots. ON the nth inst., Capt. Bares, under instructions from his chief, Col. Hirschauer, carried out tests for the French superior military brevet on a Farman, flying from Buc to Chartres and Orleans and back, maintaining meanwhile a minimum altitude of 1,200 metres. On the same day, Lieut. d'Abrantes carried out his second t«st for this certificate, also on a Farman. Both completed the tests on the following day. Madame Archdeacon in tbe Ail-. AMONG the visitors to the Buc Aerodrome on the nth inst. who were given their baptime dc Pair by Mr. Maurice Farman were Madame Archdeacon and Madame Delaunay. THE BLACKBIRD. 947
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