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IfiiSRf] Two More Breguet Superior Pilots. BOTH Sergt. Petit and Sergt. Vuarin have now completed their te»U for military brevets, on an 8oh.p. Salmson-Breguet, at_the Etampes military aerodrome. A Farmin Superior Pilot. STARTING rather late on Saturday afternoon Lieut. Merrier finished his first flight for a superior brevet alter dark, but he made a safe landing at Chalons by the aid of the fires which had been arranged by his comrades. His course of 200 kiloms. was from Mourmelon to Sissonne and Mailly Camps and back to Mourmelon. Another Deperdussin Superior Pilot. ON Saturday last, Capt. Delagarde made his first qualifying test for his special military brevet, going from Betheny to Mailly Camp and back on his Deperdussin. Lieut. Devienne flew to just by Vouziers. Garros at Nice- GARROS is still busy at Nice testing his new Morane-Saulnier monoplane in view of his projected attack on the passenger height record. On Saturday he new from Nice to Monte Carlo and back. An interested spectator of the flight was Leon Morane. Farman Hydro-Avions at Boulogne. DURING last week some splendid flying was done by Henry Farman and Fischer on the H. Farman hydro-avions at Boulogne, and there is no doubt that as a result of the tests which are now being carried out these machines will give a good account of themselves at the forthcoming Monaco meeting. A German Record. LIEUT. WKJER of the Metz aviation centre, on the 21st ult., made a German military record by taking a passenger up to a height of 2,787 metres. German and Military Aircraft. IN its next Budget it is reported that the German Government will include a sum of £1,800,000 for aeronautics, £1,000,000 for the army and ,£800,000 for the Navy. One hundred machines will be ordered before April 1st next, and it is expected that by the end of the year each army corps will have a dozen aeroplanes, half of which will be held in reserve. Night Flytnu in Germany. THE first attempt at military night flying at the Metz ground in Germany on Monday evening was not an unqualified success, One of the machines was completely wrecked in landing, and both pilot and passenger were injured. Non-Com. Pilots In Germany. IT is understood that the half-dozen non-commissioned officers of the German Army who were trained as aeroplane pilots last year have turned out so well that thirty more have been detailed for instruction. The Italian National Fund. IT has been decided to close the Italian National Fund for military aeronautics, to which the subscriptions have totalled over £132,000. Hydro-Aeroplane Races on Lake Constance. ARRANGEMENTS are in hand for holding a series of competitions for hydro-aeroplanes on Lake Constance from the 8th to 13th of July. The events will include a speed race of 200 kiloms., and two circuits of the lake. The prize list will total to something like £5,000. Aircraft Instead of Warship. IT is stated that the £28,000 subscribed in Sweden for the purchase of an ironclad is to be utilized for the purpose of establishing an aerial fleet for Sweden. Death of an Austrian Pioneer. FROM Vienna, on the 24th ult., was announced the death of Herr Wilhelm Kress, the well-known Austrian engineer, who was one of the earliest workers in the science of aviation in that country. The Aviators of Europe. A MEMBER of the Moscow Aero Club, after a tour of Europe, has presented a report to his Club as to the number of pilots in each country. According to his figures France heads the list with 1,200 aviators, of which 400 are military, Germany being second with 700, of which 200 are military, and Great Britain third with 450, of which 200 are written down as military. Russia is credited with fourth place with 250 pilots, including 120 officers, while Italy is fifth with 200 aviators, of which one half are military. MARCH I, 1913. Bomb Dropping Contest in Russia. THE Russian War Department is organising a competition for devices for dropping bombs. The competitors will have to drop five bombs on to stationary and moving targets from a height of at least 500 metres from aeroplanes and between 700 and i.ooo metres from dirigibles. The Russian National Fund. UP to January 1st, the amount received by the Imperial Aero Club towards the National Aviation Fund was £10,660, of which over one-third has already been employed for the purchase of aero planes and motors. The municipal authorities of Lodz have given £2,600 to provide two aeroplanes for the Russian Army. 1 One-Design Flying Boats. _ , A NUMBER of members of the American Aeronautical Society are seriously considering the question of organising a one-design class of hydro-biplanes and holding races for the class on the shores of Staten Island every Saturday afternoon during the summer. A New Single Propeller Wright Biplane. FOR the coming season the Wright Co., of Dayton, O., announce that they are building a new model, to be known as Model E., specially designed for exhibition flying. It will have a single pro peller, driven either by a 4- or 6-cylinder motor. All the old models will be continued, and any of them may be equipped with hydroplanes. Increased Pay for U.S. Military Fliers. BOTH Houses of the U.S. Parliament have now approved of an increase of twenty per cent, in the pay of officers of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps who may be detailed for duty with the military and naval branches of the Aviation Corps. ® ® ® ® Another Long Zeppelin Cruise. LEAVING Cologne at a quarter to nine on Saturday evening, the new military Zeppelin Zi made an all-night cruise over Western Germany. At midnight she was over Heilbronn, in Bavaria, at 2.45 a.m. at Wurzburg, at 5 a.m. over Frankfort-on- Main, and at 7.45 over Karlsruhe, while the landing was effected at the military station at Oos, near Baden-Baden, at 8.15 a.m. During the cruise of 12\ hours a distance of about 500 miles was covered, and practically all the time the airship was in wireless communication with Karlsruhe. More Airships for France. AT a banquet given in his honour on Sunday, Gen. Hirschauer, the Inspector-General of Aeronautics, stated that the French Government had just signed contracts for the construction of seven dirigibles, each of 20,000 cubic metres capacity, and a speed of not less than 75 k.p.h. Bonuses will be given to the constructors if the airships exceed the contract speed or ascend 2,000 metres in less than the time specified. THE ITALIAN DIRIGIBLE FLEET.-M1 and.M2 in the aif at Vigna di Valie- 264
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