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1913 - 0723.PDF
JULY 5, 1913. [/n^g WEEK. Mr Grahame-Wnite's Seine—Thames Trip. A LITTLE more than half an hour after Gilbert had started from Villacoublay on Thursday week, Mr. Claude Grahame- White on a hydro-aeroplane, also of Morane-Saulnier make, started from the lie de Tatte with London as his objective. He, however, was not taking the direct route, but followed the course of the Seine to Havre, where a stop was made for breakfast. Leaving there at 9.25 a.m. he went on to Boulogne where another stop was made at 10.55. Leaving Boulogne at noon Mr. Grahame-White crossed the Channel and alighted in the harbour at Dover, and had lunch with Mr. A. Guinness on board the laiter's yacht. Dover was left at 5.25 p.m., and follow ing the Kentish coast, the Morane hydro, was piloted to the mouth of the Thames, and then taxied over the surface of the river to Greenwich, so as not to violate the Home Office regulations. From Greenwich the machine made its way in the air to Putney, where a fine descent was made on to the river. Gilbert's Trip to London, and Back to Paris. ALTHOUGH Gilbert was unable to fly in company with Slack from Paris to London on Wednesday of last week he made the trip on the following day when the weather conditions were much more favourable. Leaving Villacoublay at 5.15 a.m. on his Morane-Saul nier monoplane, which has a Rhone engine and a Chauviere propeller, he flew to Le Crotoy where a stay of three hours was necessary on account of bad weather. He then made a splendid nonstop flight across the Channel to Dover and on to Hendon. From there he hurried as soon as possible by motor car to St. James's Palace in order to deliver to the French President copies of the Parisian morning papers which he had brought with him. On Sunday afternoon, after giving exhibition flights at Hendon, he left at 4 p.m. on the return journey to Paris. This time he made a non-stop trip to Villacoublay, and landed at his destination at 7.15, thereby just failing to beat Salmet's record time for the London to Paris trip by 3 mins. Chemet Flies Home from Eastchurch. AFTER spending some days at Eastchurch, superintending the delivery tests of some Borel hydro-aeroplanes for the Admiralty, Geo. Chemet, accompanied by a friend, left the naval aerodrome on Satur day morning on one of the military two-seater Borel monoplanes. Starting from Eastchurch at 2.45 p.m., Chemet, flying against a strong wind, passed over Dover at 3.10, and crossing the Channel in 18 mius. set a course from Cape Gris Nez to Amiens, where he intended to slay with some friends for the night. After passing Arras, however, he found his fuel supply running short and therefore decided to come down at the La Brayelle aerodrome near Douai, where the Broguei firm have their headquarters. On Sunday morning Chemet flew over to Amiens in an hour and a half, and on Monday a flight of similar duration took him to Chateaufort. Buc to Dover and Back. LIEUT, DE LAHORDE, who has just finished a course of instruction at the BleViot school at Buc, on Monday flew over the English Channel, landing at Watersend, near Dover. He left at 10 a.m. the following morning on his way home and made a splendid journey via Boulogne to Compiegne. Another Scottish Naval Aviation Centre. ALTHOUGH it is understood that the Admiralty have abandoned their intention of having a centre of the Royal Flying Corps at Leven, it is hoped that a temporary base will be arranged there for some five or six weeks. It is probable that the permanent centre will be at Port Seton, Musselburgh. The Daily Mail Rouad Britain Ra«. THE latest entry for the Daily Mail £5,000 prize for a water- plane race round Great Britain, is Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith, who has entered a tractor biplane similar to those he has built for the Admiralty. Mr. H. G. Hawker will probably pilot the machine. The Mortimer Singer Balloon Race. A STRONG wind was blowing on Saturday afternoon when the four balloons taking part in the race for the Mortimer Singer prise left Hurlingham. All the balloons took a southerly direction, but only one continued on its way across the Channel. This was the " Planet, piloted by Mr. C. F. Pollock and carrying Mr. A. Mortimer Singer as passenger. It made a descent about five miles south-west of Rouen and has been declared the winner. The other competitors, the " Dunlop," piloted by Mr. F. K. McClean, with Commander C. R. Samson, R.N., on board ; the " Meteor," with Mr. L. H. Mander as pilot and Lieut. A. Borton as passenger, and the " Banshee" with Mr. John Dunville as pilot accompanied by Mrs. Dunville, all descended on the south coast between Bexhill and Hastings. .VIATION MEWS. More Ble'riot Superior Pilots. ON the 24th ult. at Pau, Sapper Thortt made a 200 kilom. triangular flight for his superior brevet, flying over the Pau, Tarbes, Pontoux-sur-Adour course, and Lieut, de Malherbe, the chef pilote, at the B16riot military school at Pau, paid a visit to Toulouse. 400 kilom. Trip on a Nieuport. STARTING from Villacoublay on his 70 h.p. Gnome-Nicuport monoplane on the 27th ult., Sergeant St. Andre flew to Pontlevoy in an hour and a half. After lunch he flew back via Gien, Montar- gis and Orleans, the total distance of the full trip being 400 kiloms. Long Trips on Breguets. ON the 27th ult., Lieut. Sensever on his Salmson-engined Breguet went from Villacoublay to Rouen and Dieppe and back, while Sergeant Bridou on a similar machine made one round of the Mailly, Rheims, Sissonne, Chalons, and Mailly course, only one stop being made in the distance of 260 kiloms. Brindejonc des Moulinais's Return to Paris. As mentioned in our last issue Brindejonc des Moulinais left St. Petersburg on his return trip to Paris on the 23rd ult. and flew 300 kiloms. to Reval with a stop of some hours at the Matchino aerodrome. Two days later he flew across the Gulf of Finland, taking 4 hrs. 35 mins. for the 400 kiloms., but some part of this time was spent in a stop on the Swedish coast in order to find his whereabouts. Another stage was accomplished on the 29th ult., when leaving Stockholm at 2.30 p.m. he came down at Malmskatt at 4.10 and stayed for 35 mins. He then went on to the Danish capital, where he arrived at 7.18 p.m., the distance from Stockholm being in the nature of 550 kiloms. Leaving Copenhagen on Tuesday he made his way to Hamburg, landing at the Fuhlsbuttel aerodrome there at 7.54 a.m. After a rest of an hour and a half he continued on his way and arrived at the Hague at 12.59 p.m. The last stage of the journey to Paris was completed on Wednesday. A flight of two hours and a quarter took Brindejonc to Compiegne where he was met by his comrades Gilbert, Legagneux and Letort, and they escorted him during the remainder of his flight to Villacoublay. It will be remembered that his machine is a Morane-Saulnier with a 60 h.p. Gnome engine and Chauviere Integral propeller. Another Promising Dep. Puptl. ON Saturday, Meneras, one of the pupils sent to the Deper- dussin school, at Rheims, by the Comity Nationale, made a flight of an hour and a quarter at a height of 800 metre*. Mailly to St. Cyr on a Zodiac. LAST Sunday, Pierre Debroutelle, on his Zodiac biplane, re turned from Mailly Camp to St. Cyr, taking 3 hrs. for the course, and flying mainly at a height of 1,000 metres through a head wind, blowing about 10 metres per second. On the 24th ult., when he made the trip from St. Cyr to Mailly, the journey only occupied 1 hr. 55 mins. A French Fatality. WHILE flying a new machine with which he was unfamiliar at Chalons Camp, on the 26th ult., Foulquier fell from a height of 70 metres and was instantly killed. Good Cross-Country Work on a Farman. ACCOMPANIED by Capt. Lucas, Lieut. Lussigny on his M. Farman, on the 23rd ult., started from Buc lor Rouen. The aviators were overtaken by a storm when near Vernon and had to land, going on to Rouen the following day. He returned from Rouen to Buc in fine style on the 26th. Chevillard on a Hydro. HAVING arranged to give a series of exhibition flights during this week at Enghien, Chevillard flsw from Buc to Enghien on Saturday. After flying over Villacoublay and Meudan, he reached the Seine near the Sevrei bridge and following the river, he reached Enghien in half an hour, there bringing his II. Farman hydro-aeroplane down on the lake by a " descente piquee a la Chevillard." M. Giraud Visits Hardelot. ALTHOUGH the weather was very h:avy, M. Etienne Giraud made a splendid trip from Amiens to Hardelot on the 25th ult., the Ble'riot machine making light of the wind and rain. 749
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