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1913 - 0076.PDF
l/ycm] FOREIGN A' New Records Passed. ON Monday the Commission Sportive Aeronautique officially passed the height record of Garros at Tunis on December nth as 5,610 metres. It also passed the speed records made by Gilbert at Etampes on December 30th, as follows : 35okiloms., 3 h. 26 m. 16 s.; 400 kiloms., 3 h. 55 m. 27I s. ; 450 kiloms., 4 h. 24 m. 44! s. ; SOO kiloms., 4 h. 54 m. 6^ s. ; 600 kiloms., 5 h. 52 m. 38 s. Four hours, 401'9 kiloms. ; five hours, 510 kiloms. A New Height Record. DURING a flight of 40 mins. with three passengers on a Henry Farman machine at Buc on the 10th inst., Chevillard established a new height record for pilot and three passengers of 1,500 metres. This is claimed as a new world's record. Vedrlnes Beats Speed Records. ON his 160 Gnome-Deperdussin, Vedrines on the 9th inst. set out to beat the speed records recently made by Gilbert. He was flying over a course between Villesauvage and Montdesir, and after covering about 300 kiloms., landed on some heavy ground near Etampes, the machine being overturned and damaged. Vedrines, however, escaped unhurt. It is claimed that Vedrines' average speed was 133 k.p.h., and that he beat the records for 250 and 300 kiloms., but the figures are not yet available. The New Passenger Records. OF the passenger records made recently by Faller on an Aviatik biplane, at Mulhausen recently, three are world's records. They are :—Pilot and 4 passengers, 1 hr. 18 mins. ; pilot and 6 passengers, 1 hr., and pilot and seven passengers, 6 mins. 49 sees. His record of 1 hr. 6 mins. with pilot and 5 passengers is a German one only, the world's record being to the credit of Molla with I hr. 6 mins. 48 sees. To Traverse the Simplon Again. UNDETERRED by the fate of Chavez, his friend and fellow- countryman, Bielovucie has determined to fly the Simplon Pass, although at the present time the weather is against him. He arrived at Brigue on the 8th inst., and has since, by car, thoroughly gone over the route through the pass to Masera, about 45 mins.' journey from Domodossola. Owing to the falling snow he was unable to do any flying until Monday and Tuesday last, and then he only made a trial flight of a few minutes' duration. He is, of course using his favourite Hanriot monoplane. A Hanriot Hydro-aeroplane. ON the 10th inst. Barbero was flying on the first Hanriot hydro-avion at Antibes. The machine rose in 80 metres, and flew for 20 mins. over the golf links. A Three-seater Hanriot. AT Betheny on the 10th inst., Ponnier gave flights to M. Bernard Jalinque and M. Edouard Gide. Afterwards the two friends desired to go up together, and were taken by Ponnier on the 100-h.p. four-seater, with the result that they decided to become pupils of the school and to order a 100-h.p. three-seater Hanriot. A Pilot and his Friends. AT the Bleriot School at Etampes, on the 10th inst., Etienne Giraud was visited by some friends, several of whom were given trips, one of 35 mins., including a visit to Issy, another of 30 mins., and a third over Trappes and Chateaufort. On Monday, three more friends were gratified, one, a lady, with an excursion of three- quarters of an hour duration. Baron Pasquler's Long Flights. ON the 7th inst., Baron Pasquier returned to Buc on his Bleriot from Forges-les-Eaux, where he had been delayed on his return from Dieppe. On the 10th inst. he made a flight of an hour and a half over the aerodrome, while on Monday last he was up for two hours flying over the surrounding country. At the Bleriot School at Buc. AT the Bler-iot School, Buc, on the 10th inst., in addition to the fine flights by Giraud and Baron Pasquier, not to mention the numerous trials by the many pupils, Perreyon was testing a machine and took it up to 5,000 metres. In the evening General Hirschauer, accompanied by Cols Bouttieaux and Vayer, paid a visit to the Bleriot quarters and inspected the three latest types of B16riot machine, the Canard, the Torpille and the XXXVlI, the various special features of each being explained by MM. Bleriot and Leblanc. At the Borel School. LIEUT, DE LA MORLAYE, on his Borel monoplane on the 10th made a flight of over an hour at Buc, and over the surrounding JANUARY 18, 1913. neighbourhood. Some very fine high flying was also carried out by non-commissioned officers Pinsand, Clamadien and Benoist. Tabuteau Honoured. ON Saturday last on the Esplanade des Invalides, Paris, General Michel, the Military Governor of Paris, presented the cross of the Legion d'Honneur to Tabuteau, the well-known pilot, who is a reservist. Fine Work on Caudrons. GASTON CAUDRON, on a 50-h. p. machine and Rene Caudron with Sapper Jacquemart on a 70-h.p. Caudron hydro-avion, went from Crotoy to Cayeux on the 7th, and Jacquemart returned on the smaller machine in the afternoon. On the 10th Bosano arrived at Crotoy from Compiegne on a 45-h.p. Anzani-Caudron, and afternoon occupied the passenger seat on a hydro-avion which was being tested by Rene Caudron. Lieut. Gerard, with his mechanic, Allard, flew over to Crotoy from Amiens and later went on to Rue. English Visitors at Buc. Miss TREHAWKE DAVIES was at Buc last week, and enjoyed a trip over the surrounding country on her new Bleriot, the machine being piloted by Mr. Jas. Valentine. Long Flights at Nieuport School, BY way of training for his superior brevet, Sergeant St. Andre on the 8th inst. at Villacoublay made a flight of an hour and a half at a height of 500 metres. Later he made some spiral vol planks from a height of 800 metres. Nieuports for Japan. LlEUTS. SAWADA AND NAGASAWA, of the Japanese Army, have finished their tuition at the Nieuport school at Villacoublay, and ordered two 100-h.p. Nieuport monoplanes. One of these machines was being tested by Bonnier on Monday last. Cross-Country Flying by Guillaux. ON his 50-h.p. Gnome-Clement-Bayard, Guillaux started from Issy on the 9th inst. and made a circuit over Levallois, Valerien, Buc, Chateaufort, Juvisy, getting back to Issy just as it was getting dark. Issy to Juvisy on a Zodiac. SAPPER RENE LABOUCHERE, accompanied by his mechanic, flew from Villacoublay to Juvisy on his Zodiac on the 8th inst., the passage across Paris being made at a height of 1,800 metres. Comte de Lambert Continues. FURTHER trials were carried out by Comte de Lambert with his new hydro-aeroplane over the Seine at Triel on the 7th inst., and afterwards MM. Tissandier and Rene Gasnier, who, it will be remembered, shared with Comte de Lambert the honour of being Wilbur Wright's first " fledglings" in France, were given their first lesson on the new machine. Some Tests with Farman Machines. SOME very interesting flying was witnessed at Buc on the 9th inst., when Henry Farman and Chevillard were testing against one another two similar machines, but fitted with differently cambered planes. Trials were made solo and with one and two passengers. Afterwards Henry Farman was experimenting with a new type of landing chassis. A Bleriot Hydro'Aeroplane. OVER the Seine between Bezons and Argenteuil on Saturday last some trials were made with a hydro-avion built in the Bleriot works. Perreyon was in charge of the machine which is, of course, a monoplane, with two seats side by side. It is fitted with an 80-h.p. Gnome, and there are two main floats, with an auxiliary float to support the tail. MM. Louis Bleriot and Alfred Leblanc supervised the trials, which included some fifteen flights of varying duration, some with passengers, and among the interested spectators were " Beaumont" and MM. Donnet and Leveque. New Machines for French Navy. AT Toulon, on Sunday last, Chas. Nieuport was testing the two 100-h.p. Nieuport hydro-avions built for the French Navy. These machines show considerable advance over the old type, and gave a speed of no k.p.h. in the trials. They have openings in the wings so that the observer can get a good view of everything below. Deperdussins to the Front. THE two Deperdussin monoplanes ordered by the Servian Government have now arrived at Nish, where they were at once tested by Emile Vedrines to the complete satisfaction of the military authorities. 76
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