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1913 - 0938.PDF
(/jjCHf] and another three hour's flying took the aviator to Etterbeek, just by Brussels, where he arrived at 2 p.m. A rest of three-quarters of an hour was taken this time, and his next stop was at Brackd, about sixty kiloms. north-east of Bremen, where he was detained for two days by the authorities pending enquiries. The total duration of his flight was about i,380kiloms., whereas Brindejoncdes Moulinais' record is 1,400 kiloms. Letort on getting away from Villacoublay at 4.57 made a non stop flight to Berlin, hi, time for the 910 kiloms. being 7 hrs. 8 mins. After a good reu he mounted his machine again, with the intention of getting to Warsaw, but was obliged to come down at I Jan zig, at which point he was 1,350 kiloms. from Paris. Jensen on a Clement-Bayard monoplane fitted with a 60 h.p. Clerget engine, started at 5.6 from Valenciennes on Sunday morning, with the intention of making a non stop flight to Russia. Steering a course via Liege, Cologne, Hilde^heim and Magdeburg he was well on the way to Berlin when he was much bothered by the wind. He stuck to his task gamely, and turning southwards passed Dresden, and eventually landed at Peterswald, in Bohemia, having covered a distance of about 800 kiloms. without a stop in 10 hours. The Dunne Biplane Over Paris. PARISIANS had a sight of the Dunne biplane in the air on the 20th inst., as Commandant Felix piloted the machine over the French capital during a quarter of an hour. At the sime time Bosano on a D.-perdussin-Anzani was flying over the city, so that by contrast the distinctive features of the Dunne machine were emphasised. The Gordon-Bennett Meeting. DETAILS have now been issued by the Aero Club of France concerning the three days' meeting at Rheims, on September 27th, 28th and 29th. The first day will b: given up to the French elimi nating trials for the Gordon-Bennett race, the course for which will be 100 kiloms., half the distance of the race itself; the programme for the second day will be made up of speed, speed-range, altitude, and cross-country competitions, while the Gordon-Bennett race will take up the last day. For the race six countries have entered, but only France and Great Britain have entered full teams of three each. The United States will send two, and Belgium, Germany and Italy one each. On the second day, for the speed contest, which will he over 3 laps of the 10-kilom. course, competitors will be required to qualify by flying over an out and home course of four kiloms. at a speed of at least 65 kiloms. an hour. In the speed-range contest the competitors will qualify by going one round of the 10-kilom. course at a speed of at least 90 k.p.h., while the award will be based upon the slowest Speed made on the out and home course of four kiloms. marked out by two pylons placed two kiloms. apart. In the altitude competi tion, there will be three sections i pilot alone, pilot and one pas senger, and pilot and two passengers. The cross-country event will bs of 150 kiloms., five times round a 30 ki'om. circuit, and there will be two classes : I. Monoplanes; 2. Multiplanes. The Gordon- Bennett race will be of 200 kiloms. over a circuit of at least 5 kiloms. round, and it will start at 9 a.m. The French Aero Club Trouble. IT will be remembered that soon after the winning of the Gordon-Hennett Aviation Trophy in America last year by Vedrines, M. Deperdussin offered the use of his aerodrome at Betheny, near Rheims, for this year's race, and also offered to provide prizes, &c. These arrangements were accepted by the Aero Club of France, but f blowing on the financial difficulties in which M. Deperdussin has become involved, a strong agitation, in which certain constructors have taken a leading part, has been at work to have these plans cancelled. It seemed that this was the general feeling of the Club, and M. Deutsche suggested that the War Office should be asked for permission to hold the contest on Chalons Camp, and he also offered 100,000 francs to replace lhe cash gift of M. Deperdussin. At a meeting of the Club on Tuesday, however, there was a large majority in favour of holding to the original arrangements, and as a protest Comte de la Vaulx, M. Louis Bleriot and M. Alfred Leblan: have resigned as officers of the Club. Testing a Maurice Farman FUplane. AT Buc, on the 22nd inst., Fourny was testing a new Maurice Farman for the French Army, and with Capt. Destouches as passenger and a full loid he went up to 1,000 metres in 16 min>. The next tests were two vol planes, with motor stopped, from a height of 400 metres, and landing and starting tests. With a head wind, the machine rose in 45 metres, while, with the wind behind, 82 metres were required. A landing with a head wind was effected in 35 metres, and with the wind behind the distance was 72 metres. The machine rose from an enclosure of 120 metres diameter, and landed in a 150 metre area. The average speed was 95 k.p.h., while the minimum was 64 k.p.h., and the tests were concluded by a flight of an hour and a quarter at a height of 1,000 metres. A similar series of tests, but on H. Farmans, was carried out by Bille. AUGUST 30, 1913. A lov Ride for Garros. ON the 18th inst., Gilbert, on his Rhone-engmed H. Farman flew from Buc to Etampes and back, with two passengers, one of whom was Garros. Testing the Dorand Biplane. ON the biplane specially designed for military purposes, Labouchere, on the 21st, flew'from Dijon to Amberieu, and on the following day was flying over Annesy passing above the Bugey mountains at'a height of over 2,000 metres. Touring on a Farman. «./-!_> ACCOMPANIED by a member of the French Parliament, Capt. Bares on his Far.i.an, oa the 21st inst., went from Pans to Tonnerre, the journey being none too easy on account of the rough weather. The next morning a further 120 kiloms. were flown to Dijon, while in the afternoon another flight of 140 kiloms. took them to Portaher. Visiting by Aeroplane. _ , .,, HAVING accepted an invitation to a party at the Chateau d'Abandant, near Dreux, the Marquis de Lareinty-Tholozan flew there from Buc on his M. Farman, on the 18th inst. A large numl>er of the party were given trips in the air, and one of them accompanied the Marquis the following morning when he returned to Buc. Two Double Fatalities in France. COMTE DE MONTALENT, who together with his mechanic was killed during the race from Paris to Deauville on Sunday, will be remembered as one of the competitors in the Circuit of Britain of 1911. On reaching Rouen the machine was seen to be unsteady, and it finally capsized. The biplane dived vertically to the ground, and both pilot and mechanic, Metivier, were pitched out. The former crashed on to a barge and was instantly killed, while the latter fell on to the banks of the Seine and died soon after being picked up. On Monday Lieut. Sensever, accompanied by Sapper Laforgue, was flying at Villacoublay, when the biplane suddenly pitched forward and dived, with the engine running, from 200 metres to within 30 metres of the ground, and then collapsed, the wreck falling within a short distance of where Capt. Taron met his death two years ago. Both pilot and mechanic were killed on the spot. Testing a Parachute for Aeroplane Pilots. FEELING such confidence in his safety parachute for aviators, as the result of the tests made with dummies, M. Bonnet arranged with M. Pegoud to carry out a practical test at Buc. There were difficulties, however, as the police got to hear of the projected trial and promptly prohibited it. An appeal to the Mayor, however, secured the necessary permission, and, on Wednesday week, Pegoud and Bonnet rigged up the safety parachute on an old monoplane fitted with a 5-cyl. Anzani engine. The machine started off, and after attain ing an altitude of somewhere about 200 metres, the pilot released the box containing the parachute, stopped the motor, and put the aero plane in a diving position. The puachute filled out in a second or so, and lifted the pilot from the machine, which, relieved of the weight, glided upwards, turned over, righted itself, and then glided to earth. The pilot was slowly carried by the parachute down the valley, and eventually gently deposited in the top branches of a tree, from which position he was able to make his way to the ground, none the worse for his adventurous, to use but a mild epithet, exploit. A Busy Week-End. MAURICE FARMAN, on the 15th inst., took Dr. Rigal from Buc to Riviere Thiberville (Eure), and returned to Buc in the evening, and the next day, with his brother Dick, went to visit Henry Farman, who was staying in the neighbourhood of Vernon, while on the Sunday he flew with Doncker across to the school at Etampes and then returned. Fine Flying on a Farman. ON his new Farman biplane, on which he hopes soon to fly across the Sahara to Timbuctoo, Lieut. Cheutin, on the 21st, flew from St. Cyr to Versailles to Guerigny in order to visit his mother. Later he continued his journey with a sapper to Nevers. British Officer at Borel School. ON the 19th inst., Lieut. Brown, R.N., arrived at Buc in order to undergo a course of instruction at the Borel School. More Deps. for French Army. AT Betheny, on the 20th inst., Prevost put seven Deperdussins through their delivery tests. These machines are for an escadrille to take part in the manoeuvres and each one carries supplies sufficient for a 4-hour flight. Testing the "Icarus." DURING some tests on the 20th inst. the great Voisin flyinc boat, " Icarus," belonging to M. Deutsche (de la Meurthe), with four persons on board, rose to a height of 50 metres. 964
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