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FOREIGN AVSATIO APKIL 12, I9I3. M. Clement Honoured. THE French Government has recently conferred two honours upon M. A. Clement, the head of the famous French motor firm and vice-chairman of Clement-Talbot Ltd., and who has been so prominent in forwarding the conquest of the air, both by dirigibles and aeroplanes. Not only has he been promoted com mander of the Legion d'Honneur, but he has had conferred upon him the name of Bayard so that he is now known as M. Clement Bayard. Touring on a Farman. ACCOMPANIED by a passenger, Letort, on his Henry Farman, fitted with 9-cyl. 80-h.p. Rhone motor, went from Amberieu to Lyon on the 1st, and from Lyon to Macon, and Macon to Nevers on the following day, and arrived at Etampes on the morning of the 3rd. The last stage from Nevers to Etampes took 2 hrs. 5 mins. New Caudron Superior Pilot. ON the 2nd inst., at Crotoy, on a 5o-h.p. Caudron biplane, Sapper Chanteroup made his i| hours' test flight for a military certificate. On the 3rd, Corporal Deloche flew from Crotoy to Boulogne. Corporal Strohl completed his tests on the 2nd inst. with a flight from Crotoy to St. Cyr and back, with a landing on Beauvais, a distance of 300 kiloms. A Maurice Farman for Spain. IN spite of a very strong wind, Cel. Vives y Vich and other Spanish officers who visited Buc on the 2nd inst., were able to see carried out the trials with a M. Farman biplane ordered by their Government. With Bernard in charge it climbed 250 metres in 3 mins., while Fourny subsequently flew the machine for over an hour, and carried out the other tests in fine style. Fast Flying on a Dep. CAPT. AUBRY returned on his Clerget-Deperdussin from Longwy to Rheims, on the 2nd inst., in 1 hr. 14 mins., his average speed working out to 134 kiloms. per hour. A Deperdussln Superior Pilot. FOR his second qualifying flight for a superior certificate, Lieut. Redelsperger, on the 2nd inst., flew on his Deperdu*sin monoplane from the Betheny aerodrome, near Rheims, to St. Cyr, his speed being about 120 k.p.h. Long Trip on a Farman. THE French non-commissioned officer Corbeil, on the 3rd inst., went on his Henry Farman biplane from Etampes to Chartres and Vendome and then back to Etampes. The trip counts as one test for a superior brevet. A Fast Farman. AT Chalons on Saturday last, Testulat was testing a small Henry Farman biplane, which, fitted with a 70-h.p. Gnome motor, and carrying a load of 250 kilogs., attained a speed of 97 kiloms. per hour. On the previous day, with the same load, it rose 550 metres in five minutes, and came down with motor completely stopped in 30 sees, Gulllaux Returns to Issy. ON the 2nd inst. Guillaux, on his Clement Bayard monoplane, went from the Vidamee Aerodrome to Compiegne in 30 mins. After spending half an hour with Martinet at his headquarters at the Corbeaulieu Aerodrome, and paying over some money received on behalf of the Association Amicale des Aviateurs, Guillaux restarted and after 55 mins. flying landed safely at Issy, flying en route across Paris for the 31st time. Crosj-Country Work on Farman. ON the 4th inst., Lieut. Prat, of the Toulon aviation centre, went from Tout to Rheims on his 80-h.p. Gnome-H. Farman, while Lieut. Remy took delivery of a new machine of similar design, and flew on it from Etampes to Chalons Camp. Two Hours on a Nleuport. AMONG a series of fine flights by pupils at the Nieuport School at Villacoublay, on Saturday last, one of the best was made by Sapper Rolane, who, on a 50-h.p. military machine was flying for two hours at a height of 1,000 metres. Testing Farmans In the Rain. ALTHOUGH it rained hard and there was a strong wind blowing at Buc on the 1st inst., a full day's work was put in at the Farman school. In the morning Bernard flew over to Etampes with a passenger and in the afternoon Henry Farman tested three machines foT the British Government and one for the French Army, and afterwards was taken for a "joy ride " upon one of his machines by his brother Maurice. A New Monoplane over Paris. ON Sundav morning Latzel on the new Brageas monoplane with 40-h.p. Anzani engine started from Juvisy, and after doubling the Eiffel Tower flew over Paris and returned to Juvisy. Two Fatalities In France. .. THE biplane of Adjudant Faure while flying at Buc on the 2nd inst., was apparently caught ina remous, and fell about 300 ft., the pilot being thrown out and killed on the spot. A second fatal accident occurred on the same day at Amiens, when Sergeant Chantaud was landing after a flight from Rheims. His machine came down on the left wing, and turned right over on top of the pilot, who sustained a broken neck, and died instantly. Flying Over Longchamp Races. ON Sunday, Champel on his biplane, which is fitted with a 10-cyl. 100-h.p. Anzani motor, started from Juvisy and flew over the Longchamp racecourse. The machine carried three passengers in addition to the pilot, and, in returning to Juvisy, passed over Paris at a height of 1,000 metres. The Tamlse Meeting Awards. FOLLOWING the successful appeal of Renaux to the F.A.I, the Belgian Aero Club has revised the list of marks for the various events which were contested at the Tamise hydro-aeroplane meeting and as a result has awarded the first place to Benoist on the Sanchez-Besa; second, to Chemet, on Borel ; third, to Renaux, on Maurice Farman ; fourth, to Molla, on R.E.P. Belgian-Dutch Event for Waterplanes. THE Aero Club of Belgium is working on the organisation of an hydro-aeroplane competition to be held this year. Starting from Liege, the competitors would go by Maestricht into Holland and would return by way of Antwerp and Tamise to Ghent. Aviation In the Congo. IN the estimates for this year's expenditure in the Belgian Congo, a sum of .£4,000 is set aside for the purpose of encouraging aviation in the colony. Brlndeionc des Moulinais in Madrid. Al'TER several delays en route Brindejonc des Moulinais arrived on his Morane in Madrid on the 1st inst., when he flew to the Kour Winds Aerodrome from Burgos, with a landing at Granja. On Saturday last he commenced the return journey to France and after stopping at Guadaljara and Saragossa he arrived safely at Barcelona. Progress of Lieut. Calderara. SOME details are just to hand concerning successful trials which have been made recently by Lieut. Calderara with the hydro-aeroplane, of which we gave particulars and illustrations in our issue of March 1st. Since his return to Italy on the 27th ult., Lieut. Calderara has been flying the machine regularly every day over the Gulf of Spezia. Some special work was accomplished on the 30th ult., on the occasion of the launching of the new Lalian Dreadnought "Andrea Doria" in the presence of their Majesties the King and Queen of Italy. For some time the machine carried out evolutions and hovered over the new battleship and other vessels of the Italian Home Fleet assembled at Spezia. One of the most important flights so far carried out, was made on the 4th inst., when with three passengers, in addition to Lieut. Calderara on boaid, the hydro-aeroplane made a flight of an hour's duration at a height of between 350 and 400 ft. in a strong wind. The "Wright Hydro-aeroplane. ON his return to America from Berlin, Mr. Orville Wright stated that the Wright factory would now pay special attention to producing a hydro-aeroplane which could be used on rough water. He believes the hydro-aeroplane is the ship of the future. The Wright Patents in America. ACCORDING to a statement from the offices of Glenn H. Curtiss at Hammondsport, N.Y., an appeal will be taken from the recent adverse decision of the district Court, and Glenn Curtiss feels certain that the appeal will result in a reversal, as did the appeal from the original decision some years ago. A Fatality in America. ONE of the American Army pilots, Lieut. Rex Chandler, was injured fatally in the fall of a hydro-aeroplane at San Diego, Cal., on Tuesday. The machine fell from a height of 100 ft. into the bay, and Lieut. Brereton, who was acting as pilot, was seriously injured. What Chili Will Spend. A LAW has been passed in Chili earmarking a sum of £52,500 for the purpose of organising a military flying corps, and for estab lishing a school for the training of officers as pilots. 420
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