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At the Farman School at Etampes. ON Saturday Gongenheim arrived at Etampes, from Buc, on a new Maurice Farman machine intended for school work. He reported a splendid trip, having flown via Rambouillet and Ablis. On Monday, Lieut. Hanne returned after a long reconnaisance over Orleans, Argeres, Toury, and Angerville. A Heavy Load on a Farman. ON a Henry Farman machine a French non-commissioned officer, Guittou, left Villacoublay the other day, with a passenger and a load of 160 kilogs., which included 120 litres of petrol and oil. He passed over Epernay, and landed at Rheims. Having filled up the petrol and oil tanks, he set out again for Toul, but had to come down at Bar-le-Duc owing to the gathering darkness. He completed the trip to Toul the following morning. The Hanriot School at Rheims. TESTING a new so-h.p. Hanriot monoplane sold to Italy, Bielovucic, on Saturday, mounted 1,500 meters in 9 mins., the machine carrying a load of 160 kilogs. Ponnier on the machine, with Rossel-Peugeot motor, put up a flight of two hours'duration. Ranlet and Favre also did good work on a new machine with a 60-h.p. Anzani motor. Two days previously "Bielo"tooka pas senger for a round itrip : 1 Rheims-St. Quentin-Compiegne- Rheims. More Deperdusslns for French Army. A COUPLE of two-seater 70-h.p. Deperdussin monoplanes were accepted by the French Army at Rheims on Saturday. At the hands of Janoir, they climbed 600 metres in 7 mins. with a full load. Flying at Mans Again. AT the formal opening on Sunday last of the Hunandieres Aerodrome, near Mans—where, it will be remembered, the late Wilbur Wright made some of his first flights in France—Grazzioli made some exhibition flights at a height of 1,000 metres on an Aczani- Bllriot monoplane. Chemet after the Height Record. EVIDENTLY the Borel firm have their mind on the height record, and Chemet, one of their chief pilots, has been putting in a good deal of high practice lately. On the nth inst. he went up 3,000 ft. in a quarter of an hour. Two Hours on a Zodiac. BY way of practising before making the tests for his military • certificate, Lieut. Alex. Coche made a flight of two hours on his Zodiac at St. Cyr, on the nth inst. He successfully made the first trial for his brevet on Tuesday. Military Flyers at Borel School. A NUMBER of French officers have recently been putting in a deal of practice at the Borel school at Buc, and at the end of last week Lieuts. Gamier, de la Morlaye, de Vergnette, Ronin and Koeckel made several trips over the circuit Chateaufort-Guyoncourt- Buc. Lieut. Ragot qualified for his military bievt't on a Borel on the 9th inst. Fast Flying with New Rotary Motor. LAST Saturday, Gilbert, on a Sommer monoplane fitted with a new rotary motor, " Le Rhone," flying from Mourmelon to Valenciennes, covering the distance of 200 kiloms. in an hour and a-half. He intends to try for the Coupe l'ommery. Good Work at Savary School. ON Tuesday, Sergeant Saulquin finished his training at the Savary School at Chartres, as a military pilot, by a flight of an hour. Sergeant Brezillon was also up for three-quarters of an hour at 500 metres. Six Brevets in One Day at Farman School. IN addition to the two superior brevets won at the Farman school at Buc last Saturday, four pupils, Lieuts. Bretey, de Rocca- Serra and Nagasawa, and M. Poirson, passed the tests for their ordinary certificate. A Long-Distance Farman Machine. AT Etampes, Fischer has been very busy lately testing a new Henry Farman Baby machine, with which he may make an attempt for the Ae.CF. criterium. On the 10th, the machine was flying well and speedily, in spite of a load of 450 kilogs. A Presentation Bleriot. ON the 10th inst., Capt. Destouches visited Etampes to witness some tests with a Bleriot machine presented to the Army by a French newspaper. Although it was only fitted with a 50-h.p. motor, and was carrying a load of 150 kilogs., Perreyon took the machine up 600 metres in 6 mins. He also made a flight of an hour's duration on it. Cross Country on Farman Machines. ADJUTANT DREVET and Sergt.-Major Quennehen on M. Farman biplanes, flew from St. Cyr to St. Amand de Vendome in an hour and a-quarter on the 7th inst., and returned two days later. On the 8th, Lieut. Vogoyeau, with Sergt. Picard, went from Mailly Camp to Buc, at a speed of 115 k.p.h., and on the 10th, Bernard, with Senouque went from Buc to Beaumaris, near Calais. Four more Military Deperdussin Pilots. WITHIN four days, from the 7th to 10th inst., Capts. Erstirac and Aubry, Lieut. Degorge and Sergeant Didier qualified at Betheny on Deperdussin monoplanes for military certificates. Sergeant Verdier on the 10th went from Rheims to Amiens and bacK. Testing French Military Machines. AT Villacoublay Brindejonc des Moulinais tested two new 50-h.p. Morane machines for the French Army. The tests imposed were : To carry four times the normal load without any permanent bending ; the wings to carry a load of 1.600 kilogs. of sand without deflection ; rise from the ground within 75 metres ; climb 500 metres in 6 minutes with load of 150 kilogs. ; vol plane from 100 metres, and stop in 45 metres. These tests were easily accomplished, and in a speed test the kilometre was covered in 28 sees, with and 35 sees, against the wind, giving a speed of 103 and 130 k.p.h. respectively. King of Belgium and Aviation. WITH the object of showing the King of Belgium what his aviators could do, Lieut. Demanent, on a Belgian-built Farman biplane, started from the Belgian Military Ground at St. Job, on the nth inst., and flew to the Royal residence at Ciergnon. The weather was very cold and misty, but the officer had no difficulty in covering the 180 kiloms. in two hours. On arrival, the pilot was congratulated by the King, and invited to join the Royal Family at dinner. He explained the working of his machine to the King and the young Princes, and the following morning, when he flew back to Brasschert, His Majesty was present to witness the start in spite of the fact that it was at 5 a.m. A Good Flight in Belgium. ON the nth inst. Crombez, on his Deperdussin monoplane, flew from Liege to Brussels, a distance of no kiloms., in one hour. He landed at the Beerchem Camp. A Belgian Aeroplane Review. ON Saturday last, General Van den Borpen paid a visit to the Belgian Military Aerodrome at Brasschaet to inspect the officers and machines there. The machines, which are all of the Farman make, were lined up, and after they had been inspected, Lieut. Nelis and five other officers made demonstration flights. During the inspection three lieutenants on Farman machines arrived from the St. Job flying ground. Double Fatality in Switzerland, WHILE Cobioni was flying with a journalistic friend named Bippert at La Chaux de Fonds, Neuchatel, on Tuesday morning, the machine capsized at a height of 80 ft. and both pilot and passenger were so seriously injured that they died shortly after in the hospital. Flying Among the Alps. THE Swiss aviator Attilio Maffei on his Bleriot-Gnome mono plane, flew from Como to Lugano, across the Italian-Swiss frontier. The flight was a very hazardous one, and the pilot had some difficulty in getting by the Generoza mountain. Avros in Portugal. MR. A. V. ROE and Mr. Copland Perry are now in Lisbon with the 50-h.p. Gnome Avro biplane, sold to the Portuguese Government. On the 10th inst., Mr. Perry made three splendid flights of ten, fifteen and twenty minutes' duration respectively, taking a passenger on two of the trips. Lisbon was in holiday mood on account of the anniversary of the Republic, and large crowds were attracted by the flights. On the following day the single policeman on the ground was powerless against the crowd, and Mr. Perry very wisely declined to fly again until a proper staff of policemen were present to regulate the erratic perambulations of the general public. He has, however, since taken up a great number of passengers, including several influential people. The Danish All-Metal Monoplane. AT Skejby Mark, near Aarhus, Denmark, Mr. N. L. Jansen has built a monoplane, with which he has achieved a fair amount of success. The chassis is entirely built up of steel tubing, and the front of the body is covered with sheet brass, while the main portion of the fuselage is covered with fabric. In general design the machine is somewhat similar to a Borel, but with an under-cariiage of the Blackburn type. With a 2"i metre Chauviere propeller, driven by a 25-30-h.p. 2-cyl. Anzani engine, the monoplane has flown very well, and Mr. Jansen is thinking of building some more machines on the same lines. 948
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