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FligHt " M NOVEMBER 30, 1912. The Gordon-Bennett Aeroplane Race. ALREADY the Aero Club of France has been giving its attention to the arrangements for next year's race for the Gordon- Bennett Trophy, and although the date will not be officially fixed until the F.A.I, meeting in January, it will probably be some time in July. The contest will be held at Rheims, and the Ae.C.F. ha. cordially accepted the magnificent offer of M. Armand Deperdussin of an aerodrome and specially ereeted hangars as well as a sum of 100,000 francs. Madame de Laroche Flying Again. GOOD progress is being made by Madame de Laroche in the piloting of her Sommer biplane at Mourmelon, and during the past few days she has made several flights of a quarter of an hour's duration. She appears to have entirely recovered from the effects of her accident at Rheims in July, 1910, and flies her machine with complete assurance. Collecting Subscriptions by Aeroplane. IT having been de - cided by a number of avia tors to join together in sending a wreath to the funeral of their camarade Andre Frey, Guillaux on his Clement-Bayard mono plane started from Issy on Sunday and paid a round of visits to Villacoublay, Buc, St. Cyr, &c., in order to collect subscriptions. Before landing at Issy again he flew over the Pare des Princes track while the Aviette Competition was in progress. Garros Goes to Tunis. ON Wednesday, Gar ros, with his Bleriot mono plane, left France for Tunis where he intends to make an attempt to regain the height record. A Long Flight by Ve- drines. BY way of practice for a big exploit which he has in hand Jules Vedrines on Saturday started from the Deperdussin School at Etampes and flew to An gers. There was a heavy mist at the time but he made the journey of 280 kilometres in two hours and a half. Farman Brothers at Buc. ON Saturday last at Buc Henry Farman was testing a new machine and took his brother Maurice for a trip on it, after which the latter |was seen type biplane. Long Flights on Caudrons. LIEUTS. PERALDA AND GERARD made several extended flights over the Bay of the Somme and the neighbourhood on their Caudron machines on Saturday last, and Sapper De Loche made a trip over the course Crotoy—Berck—Montreuil—Crecy—Abbeville, and Crotoy, this being by way of practice for his military certificate tests. Two Hours on an Astra. AT Villacoublay on the 19th inst., Montmain was flying a 70-h.p. Astra biplane for a couple of hours. During the past few days he has made several flights round the country and has also taken up a great number of passengers. Testing a High Flyer. BRINDEJONC des Moulinais demonstrated at Villacoublay on the 21st inst. before Capt. Des touches, the Morane Sauliner monoplane on which Legagneux recently beat the height record. I/UQHT] EWS. am-Birds."- From the original by Frank M. THE CAME-FOWL. flying one of the Henry Farman With a load of 135 kilogs. the machine got ofl the ground in 42 metres and climbed 1,000 metres in 4 mins. 45 sees. Although, the machine was only fitted with a 50-h.p. Gnome engine it attained a speed of 114 k.p.h. Good Work at the Borel School. AT the Borel school at Buc on the 21st inst., Lieut. Ragot made a flight of an hour's duration, and on the previous day he new to Juvisy and back through the rain. Lieuts. Ronin and Gamier and Serjeant Pinsard each made one hour flights on the 2lit. Fine Flying at R..E.P. School. LIEUT. Campagne made a very fine flight with two passengers on his R.E.P. monoplane over and around Buc on the 21st inst., and Lieuts. Geibel and Bruguiere each on a R.E.P. monoplane were flying in company for over an hour. A couple of days previously Molla also made a flight of an hour on his R.E.P. A Donnet-Leveque Over Paris. BY way of testing a VII. Donnet-Leveque hydro- Williamson. aeroplane ordered by Mr Jones, of the Whitehead Torpedo Works, of Fiume, Austria, Andre Beaumont, on the 22nd inst., rose from the Seine in front of the Donnct-Leveque works at Be*ons, and following the course of the river, flew to Paris. Turning over the Grand Palais, he then made his way back to Bezons. He was accompanied by the A u s 1 r i a n pilot, Koening, who is learning to fly the machine. Hydro - aeroplanes at Triel. ON a Brouckere (Bel gian - built Deperdussin) hydro - aeroplane, with 100-h.p. Gnome motor, Lavrens, on the 22nd inst.,. made a fine flight from Triel, where he is now making his headquarters. He flew over the valley of the Seine from Meulan to Poissy, and had no diffi culty in alighting, although the speed of his machine is said to be 100-k.p.h. An English Pilot at Farman School. ON the 19th Capt. Mellor, after only a brief period of tuition at the Farman school at Etampes, passed the tests for his brevet in brilliant fashion. Lemaitre, another pupil, also qualified on the fame day, and non-commissioned officer Corlieil finished his apprentissage with a trip of an hour and a half at a height of 400 metres, landing by a fine vol plant. A Try for the Crlterium. ON Monday, at Etampes, Fischer, on a Farman machine with Rhone motor, started off at 6.45 a.m. in a trial for the Ae.C.F. Criterium for the longest flight over a closed circuit. After flying for two hours at a speed of 82 k.p.h., he decided to stop and make some adjustments to his machine. He will make another attempt as soon as possible. Buc to Chalons on a Farman. LlEUT. VARCIN, accompanied by his mechanic, flew from Buc to Chalons on his Maurice Farman biplane in splendid style on Monday. A brief stop w:is made at Meaux. Another Train Military Pilot. ON a Train-Gnome military monoplane, Labarre, on Monday, completed his tests for a French superior certificate, flying over a course from Mourmelon to Villacoublay and back. 1119
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