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(/jJGHT) having then covered about 700 Idioms, since leaving Buc. Further progress was delayed owing to the breaking of the petrol pipe, so Seguin's record was 1,350 kiloms., and he had to be content with second place. Brindejonc des Moulinais still being first with his 1,400 kilom. trip to Warsaw. More French Honours for Aviators, IN the list of appointments in the Legion of Honour, published by the t rench Minister of War in the Journal Official on Monday last, appear the names of a good many aviators and others connected with aeronautics. In the civil list of chevaliers are included Brindejonc des Moulinais, Caudron, Chauviere, Etienne Giraud, Hanriot, Morane, Spiess and Zens, while in the army reserve list of chevaliers are the names of Balsan, Seguin, Bessonneau, tie Lareinty Tholozan, and Esnault Pelterie. Four aviators, Daucourt, Gilbert, Kuhling and Perreyon have been granted the military medal for services tendered in aviation. Janoir's 1,800 Kilom. Trip. FOILED in his attempt for the Pommery Cup by the bad weather, Janior decided to continue his journey into Russia, and on Monday reached Riga. He started on his Deperdussin monoplane from Etampes on the morning of the 7th inst., and after being stopped by a gale at Genck, in the neighbourhood of Liege, he went on, and eventually reached Johannisthal, having covered 900 kiloms The next morning he started for St. Petersburg, but in making an enforced landing at Seelow, in Brandeliourg, on some broken ground, the propeller was smashed. On Saturday repairs were concluded, and he went on to Tauroggen just over the Russian frontier, 650 kiloms. from Berlin. A further stage was made on Monday to Riga, which made the total distance flown from Paris 1,800 kiloms. Two Hours on a Morane. AFTER giving some exhibition flights at Argentan, Biot, on the 6th inst., returned to Villacoublay, covering the journey of 200 kiloms. on his Rhone-Morane monoplane in two hours. Delivering a Presentation Aeroplane. THE Maurice F'arman biplane offered to the French Army by the Preparation Militaire was duly installed at Verdun on the 6th inst. It had been flown over from St. Cyr by Lieut. Bretey, who was accompanied by M. A. Cheron, President of the Prepara tion Militaire, and the latter made the formal presentation on arrival at Verdun. Testing a New Maurice Farman. AT Buc, on the 4th inst., Maurice F'arman was testing a new biplane of his design which is equipped with an 80 h.p. De Dion motor. With a full load and a passenger, the machine attained a speed of 100 m.p.h, " General Post" in Aeroplanes. ON the 4th inst., Maurice Farman on one of his machines, accompanied by his brother Dick, flew from Buc by way of Rambouillet and Chartres to Chambord. On the return trip Dick F'arman took: charge and Maurice Farman had the somewhat novel experience of a joy ride. To the Seaside by Aeroplane. ON his new Maurice Farman biplane the Marquis de Lareinty- Tholozan, on the 8th inst., flew from Buc to Trouville, making a non-stop trip, and being accompanied by his mechanician. On Monday morning the return journey to Buc was made in an hour and three quarters, the passenger on this occasion being the Comte de la Riboisiere. Renaux on Transport Work. ON the 8th inst. Renaux made a flying visit to Buc in order to fetch a couple of propellers which were required urgently at Etampes. On the return journey his Maurice Farman biplane also carried a passenger. On the 5th inst. Renaux, accompanied by his wife, enjoyed an excursion on the M. Farman from Etampes to Troyes and Orleans, and back to their starting place. Brest to Lorient on a Farman. STARTING from Brest at 2 p.m. on the 9th, Poiree* on a 50 h.p. Henry Farman, with Mdlle. Jeanne d'Orsay as passenger, flew to Lorient in 2 hrs., making stops on the sands at Morgat and at <^uimper. Deperdussias for French Army. TESTING three new Deperdussins built at Juvisy for the French Army, and fitted with Rhone motors, Prevost took them up 200 metres in 1 min., 500 metres in 3 mins. 37 sees., and 800 metres in 7 mins. 40 sees. The machines were carrying a useful load which totalled i75kilog«. Lord Carbery Buys a Morane. ON Saturday, at Villacoublay, Liger was testing a two-seater Morane monoplane with 9-cyl. Rhone motor, which has been 916 AUGUST 16, 1913. purchased by Lord Carbery, who has just qualified for a pilot's certificate. LeV HA^fbe^entoed for the Paris-Deauville event Leyasjeur, who recently flew from Paris to London, and then to Rotterdam, AmsSnand Emden on a Nieuport, decided to fly back to Pans. He arrived at Ostend on Saturday at II o'clock, and shortly after left again for Issy via Dieppe and Rouen. Near Berck he fell into the sea, but pilot, passenger and machine were safely rescued by boats from the shore. New Aviation Motors. NOT only has Maurice Farman been testing the new 80 h.p. DeDion aviation motor, but on the 6th inst. he was making a series of trial flights with one of his latest type machines, which has been fitted up with a 120 h.p. Sunbeam motor. 030 kiloms. on a Ni?uport. . STARTING from Villacoublay on Saturday morning, Marc Bonnier, with his mechanic Bornier, on a Nieuport-Gnome, eventually reached ihe Gayeulles aerodrome, near Rennes. From there they flew on Sunday morning to Perros-Guirec, close to Lannion, a total distance of 630 kilotn'. from Paris. Mme. de Laroche at Granville. LAST Sunday, Mme. de Laroche and Vial gave a series ot exhibition flights at Granville, using a H. Farman waterplane. Mme. de Laroche handled the machine very well and brought it down in splendid style despite the limited area of the sands available for landing on. The Bieriot Launching Device. M. PIERRE BAUDIN, the French Minister of Marine, together with several French naval officials, visited Buc on Saturday and witnessed tests made by Pegoud on a 6 cyl. Anzani-Bleriot with the new launching device invented by M. Bieriot. Royal Passenger for Chevilliard. THE exhibition flights made by Chevilliard on his H. Farman biplane in Denmark, last week, proved very popular, and the pilot had no lack of passengers. They included a good many important personages, one of them being Prince Axel, cousin of the Danish King. On the 9th inst., Chevilliard flew across the Sound from Copenhagen to Malmao, in half an hour. The return to the Danish capital was made on Sunday, with Prince Axel as passenger. The Ghent Aerial Postman. STARTING from Ghent on the afternoon of the 7th ins'., Crombez on his Deperdussin flew over to Ostend, landing on the sands where his father and mother were awaiting him. After an hour he flew over to Blankenberghe, circling above the Royal Palace on the way. Long Flights in Germany. LIEUT. LUDWIG, accompanied by Lieut, von Falkenheim, a son of the Minister of War, started from Johannisthal at 4.20 a.m. August 7th, and after flying in the direction of Thorn for three • hours they landed, having covered some 320 kiloms. On the 8th inst., Friedrich started from Johannisthal at 4.30 a.m., and at 10.57 landed at Koenigsberg. He made one stop, occupying IJ hours on the way. New German Prizes. A SUM of £15,000 has been set aside from the National Fund to provide half-a-dozen prizes to be awarded to the aviators who first make journeys of at least 1,000 kiloms. between midnight and midnight on one day. Double Fatalities in Russia and Germany. AT Krasnoie-Selo, on the 5th inst., a military aviator— Polikarpof—and his mechanician were killed in the fall of their machine. Through a miscalculation when landing, with the result that one wing touched the ground and caused the machine to overturn, Roesler, a Grade pilot, and a pupil named Stephan were killed on Sunday, at Brueck, about 30 miles south-east of Berlin. Swedish Honour for Brindejonc. IN connection with the recent 5,000 kilom. flight round the European capitals of Brindejonc des Moulinais, the King of Sweden has conferred upon the aviator the cross of a chevalier of the first class of the Order of Wasau. Milan to Turin on a Bieriot. ON the 5th inst., Lieut. Cattaneo, on his Bleriot-Gnome, covered the distance from Milan to Turin in 1 hr. 1.0 mins. 1,300 Kilom. Trip in Italy. LAST week, on a Bleriot-Gnome, Lieut. Suglia flew from Turin to Ban, taking three days for the 1,300 kilom. trip, his resting places being Rome and Naples. This is the longest flight to date made by an Italian military pilot.
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