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JANUARY II, 1913. I/OCHT) The Michelin Target Prizes. FOR this year the Michelin target competitions will be two in number, one for six prizes aggregating 50.000 francs, the first prize being of 30,000 francs, while the other contest will be for four prizes totalling 25,000 francs. Both competitions close on September 15th next. In the first, the competitors will have to drop, from a height of more than 200 metres, at least 12 out of 15 projectiles, weighing 7-i kilogs., on to a circular target of 10 metres radius. In the second competition, the entrants will have to carry up five projectiles weighing 22 kilogs., and drop them from a height of 1,000 metres on to a target of 25 metres radius. To secure the prize of 15,000 francs at least two shots must find the target. For both tests the projectiles will be provided by the Aero Club of France, and no others may be used. Promotion for Col. Hirschauer. AMONG the promotions recently announced by the French Minister, probably none has given such general satisfaction as that of the elevation of Col. Hirschauer to the rank of Brigadier-General. It is recognised that since he succeeded General Roques as Permanent Inspector of Military Aeronautics, General Hirschauer has done splendid work on behalf of military aeronautics in France. A Volunteer Corps for France. FOLLOWING the announcement that a scheme is afoot in Ger many for the formation of an aerial aviation corps comes the news of a similar movement in France. It is proposed that the State should pay a subsidy of 5,000 francs to a certificated aviator possess ing his own machine, or 3,000 francs to a pilot not owning a machine ; and a pilotnot holding a superior brevet should be assisted bythe State to obtain this qualification. Each volunteer would be required to undergo a month's training each year for which he would be paid according to his rank. An Unusual Accident. NAVAL LIEUT. BERODE met his death in a peculiar way at Remiremont. On December 31st, after making a flight with Lieut. Coville, as he was descending from his machine he was struck by the propeller and sustained such injuries that he died on the following day. Cross-country on Deperdussin Hydro. LAURENS, on Monday, accompanied by Jacques Schneider, flew from Triel to Nantes on a Belgian-built Deperdussin hydro aeroplane. On the 1st inst., Laurens started from Triel, and flying over Vernon landed at Rolleboise, near Bonnieres, for lunch. He returned to Triel in the evening, having covered over 100 kiloms. Fast Flying on a Caudron. ON a Caudron machine, with a 45-h.p. Anzani motor, Bosano started from Issy at 3.30 on Monday afternoon, and a quarter of an hour later landed just by Compiegne. Tabuteau Gives up Flying. AFTER meeting with considerable success at piloting either monoplane or biplane, Tabuteau has decided to give up aviation. He has taken up the agency for the Alda Motor Car, with which he intends to compete in the more important automobile competitions. More Farmans for Belgium. Two dozen Farman biplanes have been ordered by the Belgium Army, eight of which are to be stationed at Namur and eight others at Liege. In each of these centres it is proposed to quarter a staff of 31 aviators and mechanics. More Borel Superior Pilots. ON December 31st, Sergeant Pinsard completed his tests for a military brevet on his Borel monoplane over a course from Buc to Pont-Leroy and back, and Lieut. Personne made his first test from Buc to La Chatre and back. The latter pilot made his last test on Monday, completing a round trip of 300 kiloms. in just under three hours. Cross-Country by Legagneux. ON his Morane monoplane, Legagneux, on December 30th, flew from his flying ground at Corbeaulieu near Compiegne to Beauvais and Amiens, and back to Compiegne. Touring on a Bleriot. BARON PASQUIER made another of his fine cross-country trips on his Bleriot on the 31st ult. Starting from Buc at II a.m., he steered a north-westerly course and at 2 o'clock safely landed at Dieppe. A Quick-Firer on a Bliriot. AFTER carrying out some tests at Buc on the 31st ult. with the new Bleriot " Canard," Perreyon changed over to a tandem Bleriot which has been equipped with a quick-firing gun, and at one time he had the machine up to an altitude of 5,000 metres. A New Clement-Bayard Monoplane. GUILLAUX has recently been testing at Issy a new Clement- Bayard monoplane which has given very good results. It is very light and is fitted with a 5Q-h,p. Gnome motor. The machine gets away very quickly, while the modifications which have been made in the landing chassis have proved a distinct success. Good Flying at Buc on Farmans. ON New Year's Day, at Buc, Non-commissioned Officers Marc and Corbeil each made trips of an hour and a-half on Farman machines at altitudes varying between 800 and 1,000 metres, while van Steyn also made a long flight at 1,200 metres. On the 3rd Minier made a trial of over an hour's duration, and on Saturday Legras was up for half an hour. Maurice Farman went over to Etampes with Senouque, and in the afternoon returned with the Marquis de Larienty-Tholozan as passenger. A New Aviette Prize. M. BERNARD DUHOS has placed a prize of ,£40 at the dis posal of the Aero Club of France, to be devoted to a competition for bicycles fitted with flapping wings. After the initial jump, the machine must cover a distance of I kilom. by the aid of the flapping wings only. Captain Clavenad Reinstated, IT is announced that Capt.Clavenad, against whom disciplinary- measures were enforced by the French military authorities some time ago for publishing an article criticising the action of the French War Office, has, no doubt having purged his contempt, been reinstated. After a short period of practice he will proceed to the command of the aviation centre at Mezieres. Helen Proposes a Long Trip. HELEN, the well-known Nieuport pilot, is planning a long trip from the South of France, through Spain and Algiers to Tunis. Starting from Montpellicr his proposed route is via Perpignan, Barcelone, Tortosa, Valence, Alicante, Carthagene, Almeria, Malaga, Tetouan, Mahila, Oran and Algiers. Helen Distributes Bouquets. ON New Year's Day, Helen took the opportunity of making a tour round Paris on his Nieuport monoplane, dropping bouquets of fiowers to prominent people on the way. Among those so favoured were M. Deutsche (de la Meurthe), M. Lepine, the chief of police, and the Mayor of Boulogne. Another Englishman Takes his Ticket in France. LIEUT. HARVEY, after a very short period of instruction at the Etampes school, passed the tests for his certificate on a Farman biplane on New Year s Day. Buc-Verdun in Good Time. ON a Maurice Farman biplane, and accompanied by a passenger, Lieut. Manges Devarenne started from Buc at 10.30 a.m. on the 3rd inst., and landed safely at Vetdun at 12.50 p.m., the course being steered above the clouds by the aid of a compass. Comte de Lambert and Hydros. FOR some time Comte de Lambert has been giving a good deal of attention to hydro-aeroplanes, and with his latest machine several trials were made over the Seine at Triel last Saturday. In one trial the machine was taken to just by Meulan and back, and in the afternoon Comte Lambert gave several of his friends brief trips on it. A Ten-seated Voisin Hydro. COLLIEX, the well-known Voisin pilot, is busy with the con struction of a hydro-aeroplane intended for the transport of ten passengers. The machine consists of two Voisin cellules of 25 metres span, mounted on one coque, and the motive power will be two 200-h. p. motors coupled together and driving one propeller. A Hydro-Aeroplane Fatality. AFTER making a fine trip on his Nieuport hydro-aeroplane from Meulan to Honfleur, on the 2nd inst., Levasseur the next day continued on his way along the coast. He attempted to alight on the sea at Fecamp, but while turning his machine was caught in an eddy and capsized. The pilot was rescued but his mechanic, Mallet, was drowned. German Passenger Records. ON an Aviatik military biplane, Faller has been making some remarkable passenger records at Mulhausen recently. On the 2nd inst., he flew with four passengers for I hr. 18 mins., while on the following day he took five passengers, the total live load being 924 lbs., for 1 hr. 6 mins. 5 sees., and on Saturday he carried seven passengers lor 6 mins. 49 sees., the combined weight of the eight people being 1,242 lbs. 45
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