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1913
1913 - 0937.PDF
AUGUST 30, 1913. I/5CHT) For the Coupe Pommery. . . JLAST week-end saw three good flights for the Pommery Cup. On the 22nd, Helen on a single seater Nieuport with Clerget engine started from Biarritz and after stops at Bordeaux and Poitiers gave up at Chateaudun after covering 600 kiloms. On Saturday two competitors started—Guillaux on a Clement- Bayard and Letort on a Morane-Saulnier. The former started;from Biarritz with the intention of flying to Denmark, while the latter's route was from Paris to Berlin and Riga. Guillaux got away frum Biarritz at five mins. to five on Saturday morning, and after a splendid flight of 5 hrs. 40 mins. he landed at Villacoublay. Only half an hour's test was taken before the second stage was begun at 3 minutes past ele%ren, BIDER'S RECENT FLIGHTS OVER THE ALPS.—1. The route followed by Bider in passing the Jungfrau after leaving Berne. In the centre is the Jungfrau (4,166 metres), to the left the Valaisannes Alps, in between the Rottalsattel (3,857 metres), to the right below the Bernese Alps. Over the line of route to the right is seen the Silverhorne (3,795 metres), and in the foreground, leading up to the Jungfrau, the commencement of the 21-kilom. Aletsch glacier. 2. Blder standing in front of his Ble'riot. 3. Similar view of the Jungfrau, &c, seen from a more distant standpoint. 4. A map showing the route followed by Bider from Berne to Milan, with the return journey via the St. Gothard to Bale and Berne. 5. After Bider's landing at the end of the Berne- Milan flight.— L a Suisse Sportive. 963
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