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FOREIGN AVIATION NEWS. Prevost Improves the Speed Record. TIIKKE is a deal of speculation in France at the present time as to who will first succeed in attaining a speed of 200 kiloms. an hour. On the 18th inst. Prevost was practising at Rheims over an out-and-home course of 3'5 kiloms., and is stated to have attained a speed of 190 kiloms. an hour. He was usiDg a monocoque Deperdussin monoplane, fitted with a 140 h.p. Gnome. Cavelier's Record for Michelin Cup. CONTINUING his flight for the International Michelin Prize, Marcel Cavelier, on the 18th inst., made one more circuit of the Etampes-Gidy course and had covered 64 kiloms. of a second round when he had to stop. On the two previous days he had made 17 rounds of the 111 kiloms. course so that his record for the cup was 18 rounds or 1,998 kiloms., uncompleted circuits being ignored. The total distance flown by the Deperdussin-Rhone was 2,062 kiloms. A Belgian Height Record. AT Ghent, on the 18th inst., Crombez on a Deperdussin monocoque, with 80 h.p. Gnome motor, beat the Belgian height record, 2,800 metres, which was standing to the credit of Tyck. During a trip of 45 mins. Crombez got up to a height of 3,800 metres and came down in seven minutes. Height Record with Three Passengers. AT Fohannisthal on Monday, Thelen on a military biplane succeeded in bettering Chevillard's record of 1,350 metres for pilot and three passengers. Accompanied by Lieut. Muenster and carrying ballast to represent two other passengers—a total useful load of 260 kilogs., Thelen took the machine up to 2,150 metres in 45 minutes. A New Russian Height Record. AT Sebastopol on Saturday, Capt. Semitane on an 80 h.p. two-seater Morane-Saulnier, with a passenger, beat the Russian height record made a few days ago by Gaber Vlinsky. He climbed 3,000 metres in 28 mins., and returned to the ground by a vol plant in 4 mins. An American Record Passed. THE Aero Club of America has accepted the non-stop cross country record of Lieut, dc W. Milling, made on March 28th last, from Texas City to San Antonio, as 220 miles in 4 hrs. 22 mins., the trip l>eing made with a passenger. A High Flying Prince. PRINCE GEORGE OF BAVARIA was taken by Hirth for a trip on a Rumpler-Taul>e monoplane on the 19th inst., and for about an hour was flying over and around Munich at a height of 2,000 metres. An Honour for Brlndejonc. IT was announced at St. Petersburg on Saturday last that the Czar had conferred the order of St. Anne (3rd class) on Brindejonc des Moulinais in recognition of his splendid flight from Paris to St. Petersburg. Brindejonc started on the return journey to Paris on Monday evening, when he flew the 30 miles to Gatchina. Long Flights on Farmans. FROM Etampes, on the iSth inst., Van Steyn, Jun., on a II. Farman, made a triangular test for a superior brevet over the course to Vendome, Chateaudun and back. The same day Lieut. Lussigny, on a M. Farman, arrived at Etampes from Mailly Camp, doing the trip in 2 hours 20 mins., and Lieut. Collard went from Buc to Etampes and then on to Melun before returning to Buc. Honours for French Aviators. THE French Minister of War is considering the formation of a separate section of the Legion of Honour for aviators, consisting of I commander, 4 officers and 20 chevaliers with full pay, and 2 officers and 20 chevaliers without pay. Mme. Bleriot Enjoys a Trip. ON a tandem military monoplane, M. Louis Bleriot, on the 18th inst., took his wife for an excursion over Buc and St. Cyr. Testing the New Borel. ON the 18th inst., at Buc, Daucourt was testing the latest Borel monoplane, illustrated in our last issue, and among other tests made one flight of an hour's duration, being accompanied by a passenger. A Doutre Superior Pilot. AT Corbeaulteu on the 18th inst., Capt. Chanson completed his tests for a military brevet, using one of the Doutre machines fitted with stabiliser, and flying over the course Douai-Compiegne- Amiens-Douai. Good Work at Bathiat School. THREE soldiers, Robinet, Chausse and Berlot were flying en escadrille on Bathiat-Sanchez machines over Rheims, Epernay and Chalons on the 18th inst. Lannier made a flight of an hour s duration and Labarre manoeuvred above the dirigible Selle de Beauchamp." Buc to Chalons and Back on a Borel. LIEUT. DE VERGNETTE, on his Borel monoplane, on the 19th inst., went from Buc to Chalons Camp, and in the afternoon he returned to Buc, keeping at an average altitude of 1,200 metres. A Promising Farman Pupil. ^ AFTER carrying out the necessary tests to qualify for his pilot s certificate at Buc on the 19th inst., Anger, one of the M. Farman pupils, made a flight of over a hour's duration, during which he flew over Paris at a height of 1,400 metres. A Good Morning's Work. ON his Gnome-engined H. Farman, Capt. Bertm, who has been undergoing a course of instruction at the Farman school at Etampes, made two tests for his superior brevet on the morning of the 16th inst., going from Etampes to Mailly Camp and back, a round trip of 350 kiloms. Some Long Reconnaissances. LAST week the military aviation station at Toul was inspected by General Goetschy and Col. Bouttieaux, who saw some fine flying by the escadrille No. I, which is made up of eight 80 h.p. H. Far- mans. On the 16th, Sergts. Guitou and Corbeil each made a reconnoitring flight of %\ hours over Toul, St. Dizier, Sand rut and Ligny en Barois, returning of course to Toul. The next day Sergts. Guiton and Berlioux each made a trip of an hour over Toul, Frouart, and Morlache, while on the 18th, Lieut. Prat, with Guitou, Berlioux and Corbeil carried out a combined scouting trip of between IJ and 14 hours' duration. Testing New Farmans. DURING the week-end, Henry Farman, and also his brother Maurice, were busy as usual testing new machines. Henry Farman, among other things, carried out trials over the Trou Sale with one of the latest Farman hydro-aeroplanes. Later he and Fischer were carrying out some comparative speed tests with one of the ordinary type 80 h.p. biplanes, and one of the latest models, also fitted with an 80 h.p. motor. Testing a Modified Bleriot. IN order to be present at Buc at the trials of a modified Bleriot monoplane, Lieut. Gaubert, on the 19th inst., flew on his Bleriot from Belfort to Buc by way of Troyes, Rheims and Compiegne. The next morning, Capt. Faure and Lieut. Gouin flew over trom St. Cyr, and with Capt. Destouches saw the machine put through its paces by Pegoud and Domenjoz. On Sunday, Lieut. Gaubert made two I hour flights on a Gnome-Bleriot. Cbampel Visits Gisors. ON his big biplane, with 100 h.p. Anzani motor, Champel, on the 21st inst., left Juvisy, and after making a landing at Chars to get a rest from a blinding rainstorm he arrived safely at Gisors, where he had an engagement to give exhibitions with Guillaux and Daucourt. Lieut. Varcin Continues South. CONTINUING his fine flight to the South ot France, of which particulars as to the Paris-Bordeaux stage were given in our last issue, Lieut. Varcin, on Saturday, started from Bordeaux at 11.15 a.m., and at I.45 p.m. he made a splendid landing at Pau. Long Trips on Nleuports. LAST Saturday, Sergeant Baumens on his Nieuport monoplane started from Villacoublay, and flying by way of Orleans and Chartres was back at Villacoublay, having covered the triangular course in 2 hrs. 35 mins. Meanwhile Sergeant Picquet on a 100 h.p. machine made a flight lasting ij hours at Villacoublay. Another Aviatress Qualifies. ON the 19th inst., at Buc, Mme. de Plagino, who, it may be remarked, accompanied Perreyon in his recent successful attack on the passenger height record, qualified in excellent style for a pilot's certificate at the Bleriot school. To View Grand Prix Circuit from Above. IN his capacity as a member of the committee of the Auto mobile Club of France, M. Etienne Giraud had to make this week an inspection of the roads of the Picardie circuit over which the Grand Prix motor car race is to be run on July 12th, and so on Tuesday he mounted his Bleriot monoplane at Buc and flew over with his mechanic to Amiens. 706
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