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FEBRUARY 22, 1913. l/USdl EWS. Mdlle. Dutrleu Honoured. IT was officially announced on Monday that Mdlle. Helene Dutrieu had been nominated as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and she thus secures the distinction of being the first woman pilot to be so honoured. Maurice Farman's Sunday Trip. THE passenger with Maurice Farman for his usual cross-country trip on Sunday last was M. Brancel, and they arrived at Chartres, from Buc, in time for lunch. They made the journey via Rambouillet and Gallardon. On the return journey, in the afternoon, they made a wide detour. An Irish Flyer at Pau. ON Monday, Mr. Corbett Wilson, who is staying at Pau, made a very fine flight on his new Bleriot from Pau to Orthez and back. A trip of over two hours' duration was made over the Gaye Valley on the 14th. Lieut. Boothby Takes His Ticket in France. ON the 13th inst., Lieut. Boothby, K.lST., who has been training on the Farman machines in trance recently, made the brevet tests in fine style at Buc. New Farman Superior Pilots. ON Sunday a non-commissioned officer, Damberville, on a Henry Farman machine, made one trial for a superior brevet over a course from Chalons Camp to Douai and lack. On the previous day Le Maitre made one of the tests, flying from Etampes to Tours and back, the speed being 105 k.p.h. on the outward journey. Fine Work at Caudron School. SOME fine flying was seen at Crotoy on Saturday last, when Lieuts. Gerard and Bihan and Sapper Jacquemart were flying for a long time over the Bay on 70 h.p. machines. Galtier made a cross country trip of 75 miles on a biplane with 25-h.p. Anzani engine. Henry Farman was also at Crotoy in the afternoon, and flew on his hydro-aeroplane, with Fischer, to Boulogne. Garros After More Height Records. GARROS is now staying at the California Aerodrome, near Nice, with the intention of making an attempt at the first favourable opportunity of beating the height record for pilot and passenger. On the 12th inst. he was at a height of 2,000 metres, and reported that he could see the coast of Corsica quite plainly. Long Flight on Caudron. ON the nth inst. at Rheims, Duval on his Caudron biplane, which is fitted with one of the new Clerget rotary motors, flew with a passenger for 2 hrs. 7 mins., finishing up with a fine vol plane from a height of I ,ooo metres. The Farman Hydros at Boulogne. DURING last week-end, Mr. Henry Farman was busy at Boulogne with the arrangements for the Farman hydro-aero centre there. On Saturday, the famous pilot and constructor arrived from Crotoy with Fischer on a hydro-aeroplane, and they were received by representatives of the town and the Boulogne Aero Club. Between 4 and 6 p.m., several flights were made by Henry Farman and Fischer. A good many trips were made on Sunday, and although the sea was choppy, the machine alighted faultlessly each time. Miss Davies Flies from Issy to Dieppe. O.N her new Rlerioi monoplane piloted by Mr. Valentine, Miss Trehawke Davies started from Issy on Saturday afternoon. On account of wind and mist it was decided to stop at Rouen, and on Sunday the journey to Dieppe was completed, the distance from Rouen to Dieppe being covered in 40 mm-. The machine was then dismantled and put on the cross-channel steamer. A Bleriot Given to French Army. THE French Minister of War has accepted for the French Army a 50-h.p. Bleriot type XI monoplane, presented by M. Baschet, director of /.'Illustration. What Germany Will Spend- IT is reported on very good authority that when the new Army bill is submitted to the Reichstag after Faster, it will be found that the estimates for the further strengthening ot the Army's Aerial Fleet will total to something like ;£ 1,000,000. The Prince Henry Cup. THE main lines for the competition of the Prince Henry Aviation Cup have now been decided on. On May nth the competitors will fly from Wiesbaden to tassel, u distance of 165 kiloms., with a landing at Giessen, and on the following day they will go to Coblentz, a journey of 170 kiloms. May 13th will In a rest day, and on the 14th the journey will lie to Carlsruhe, 200 kiloms. Reconnoitring tests will be made on the 16th and 171I1, competitors being set to find troops between Carlsruhe and Stuttgart and Stuttgart and Strasbourg, respectively. Fatalities in Germany and Austria. ON Saturday, Lenk, the postal official who recently secured his pilot's certificate, and was to have been employed on aerial postal service in the German colonies, met with a fatal accident near Leipzig. He was gliding down from a height of 800 metres when the machine suddenly dived and became uncontrollable. fcv?' A fatal accident occurred near Tegel, on Monday, to the aviator Prizenski. While flying at the Fischamend aerodrome, near Vienna, on Monday, the machine of Lieut. Mittner dived to the ground from a height of 300 ft., and the pilot was instantly killed. Another Royal Pilot. PRINCE AXEI. of Denmark, who is a nephew of Oueen Alexandra, and who has been actively interesting himself in aviation for quite a long time, made the necessary test flights to obtain a pilot's certificate on Wednesday of last week at the aerodrome near Copenhagen. The Prince is a naval lieutenant, and will pilot one of the new hydroavions, ordered in France by the Danish Govern ment, as soon as they are delivered. A Spanish Prince on a Blerlot. WHILE some military manoeuvres were being carried out at the Four Winds Aerodrome, Madrid, on Monday, I'erreyon had the honour of taking the Infanta Alpboote "f Spain on his Bleriot over the assembled troops. Col. Vives Y Vich was also carried for a trip. • THF T ATFST CURTISS BIPLANE.—It will be noticed that, as distinct from former Curtiss practice, this 1 nc un. ^j^ wh.ch has been chle!ly designed for military scouting, has a three-bladed tractor. 237
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