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1913 - 0502.PDF
I/yGHT) Promising Nieuport Pupils. AT the Nieuport school at Villacoublay on Saturday, Capt. Guillabert, made a flight of an hour at a height of 300 metres and the Siamese Lieut. Nai Thip made a similar flight, while two National Committee pupils, Lartigue and Roume each made one hour trip by way of completing their period of training. Four Catidrons Fly in Company. ON the 30th ult., four Caudron biplanes, two being of the hydro, type, new from Crotoy to Berck and back, carrying a quartette of important passengers, including Deputy Ternois, Under Prefect Borromee, General Councillor Gosselin, and M. Vasseur, Mayor of Crotoy, At the Blerlot School at Pau. ON the 30th ult., Sapper Thorel, flying on his BhSriot mono plane, through wind and rain, went from Pau to Biarritz in an hour and a-half. Lieut. Brule was making experiments in bomb- dropping at the Bleriot aenxirome at Pau. Long Trip on a Nieuport. ACCOMPANIED by Capt. Becquet, Sergeant Hurtard, on a Nieuport monoplane, with 100-h.p. Gnome motor, started from Rheims at 5 a.m. on the 1st inst., and after passing Mezieres landed at Verdun at 6,15. Continuing their journey they arrived at Epinal at 9.15, and were at Vesoul at 11.55. PRINCE HENRY FLYING CONTEST.-Map of the courses defined for the flying contest to be held this month. Starting from Wiesbaden and finishing at Carlsruhe, followed by a two days' reconnoitring contest to Strasburg and beyond, 524 MAY 10, 1913- A Good Week's Work. BY way of completing a good week's work on his Caudron biplane, having made a lengthy round trip each day, Sapper Poulet, on the 2nd inst., went from Beauvais to Le Crotoy, Wimereux, and Boulogne, and later in the day returned to Beauvais. A Borel Superior Pilot. LIEUT, DE LA MORLAIS, on a Borel monoplane, on the 2nd inst., made one flight to qualify for a superior brevet, over the Buc, Chartres, Orleans course. Duval Still Training for Michelin Cup. BY way of keeping in training, in view of another attempt for the International Michelin Cup, Duval made a flight of over an hour's duration on his Clerget-Deperdussin monoplane over the neighbourhood of Etampes on the 2nd inst. Buc to Auxerre on a Farman. ON a Gnome-Farman military biplane, Sergt. Carus left Buc at 5.30 a.m. on the morning of the 2nd inst., and a couple of hours later made a fine landing at Auxerre. A Dep. Escadrille in Flight. AN escadrille of Deperdussin two-seaters, piloted by Lieuts. Rochette, Lalanne, Radisson and Sergeant Didier, each accompanied by a passenger flew from Sissonne to Maubeuge a distance of 95 kiloms. in 40 mins. on the 29th ult. Flying over Horse Race. ACCOMPANIED by a lady friend, Vidart on his Morane monoplane flew over from Amberieu to the Lyon racecourse on the 29th ult., arriving just as the Grand Prix was being run. Following the race to the post, Vidart turned above the winner while his fair passenger threw out a bouquet which fell at the feet of the winning jockey. R.E.P. Again President of Chambre Syndicale. AT the annual meeting of the Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aeronautique on the 25th ult., M. R. Esnault Pelteria was re - elected President, with MM. Armand Deperdus,in, H. Kapferer and Alfred Leblanc, Vice-Presidents, A. Goupy, Treasurer, and Andre Granet, Secretary. Fast Trip by Capt. Aubry, CONTINUING his work on the Deperdussin- Clerget monoplane, Capt. Aubry on the 29th ult. went from Rheims to Amiens in 1 hr. 10 mins. Fatal Accidents. THREE more German officers lost their li%'es last week. In one accident, which occurred at Darmstadt, both the pilot of the machine, Lieut, von Mirbach, who was the pilot who landed in France some time ago, and his passenger, Lieut, von Brunn, received fatal injuries ; while in the other, which happened at Munich, Lieut. Germersheim was killed. On Saturday, St. Cyr was the scene of a fatal mishap, Sergt. Battini, who has been practising for a military brevet for a week or so, was flying at a height of about 20 metres when his machine was caught in a remous and capsized, and the unfortunate pilot was crushed by tne motor falling upon him. On Saturday evening at Zurich, the Swiss aviator, Rech, had a fall while flying at a height of loo metres, and died late in the evening from his injuries. There was a fatal accident on Sunday in Japan, the pilot, Takeishi, being killed while giving an exhibition flight at Osaka. On Monday, a fatality occurred at Akron, Ohio, the machine of Charles Carlson falling from 150 ft., and the pilot being killed. High Flying in Spain. BY flying from Seville to Madrid on Saturday last, Tixier put up the best performance yet made in Spain. During the trip of 450kiloms., via Cordova and Toledo, which included the crossing of the Sierra Morena, he had several exciting moments ; in fact, largely on account of the dangers the pilot decided not to attempt the return journey by air. Once between Cordova and Ciudad Real he was caught in a bad remous when at a height of 2,000 metres, and he had to land in a narrow pass at Almodovar del Campo, which stands 1,000 metres high. He was using a Bleriot monoplane with Gnome motor. Flying Oyer the Panama Canal, ON April 28th, the American pilot, Fowler, was flying above the Isthmus of Panama for 55 mins., and secured some fine photographs of the canal works.
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