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1913 - 0965.PDF
SEPTEMBER 6, 1913. I/OGHT Etampes to Holland on a Farman. HAVING finished his period of instruction at the Farman School at Etampes, the young Dutch pupil, Leo Van Steyn, decided to fly home. Starting from Etampes at 5 a.m. on the 27th ult., he landed after a non-stop flight of o£ hours at Duinkyk racecourse, near Wassenaar, and a few kiloms. away from The Hague. The distance covered by the H. Farman-Gnome was 600 kiloms. The Dunne Biplane at Deauviiie. COMMANDANT FELIX arrived at Deauville on the Dunne biplane on the 27th ult., having flown over from Evreux, at which place he had had to stop during a flight from Yillacoublay on the previous day owing to a petrol pipe breaking. Flying Round Paris. Two attempts were made last week by Helen on a Nieuport to again secure the Deutsch de la Meurthe Cap, which calls for a 200 kilom. flight round Paris, passing St. Germain, Senlis, Meaux, Melun, St. Germain. For this year competitors must show an improvement of at least 10 kiloms. per hour on Helen's last year's average speed, viz., 126 k.p.h. On the 27th Helen started off from Villacoublay at 5-3° a m- but had to give up at Melun, and a second attempt on the following day led to no bjtter result. A French General Flies. ON the 25th inst. General Pistor, who is in command of the troops in Tunis, was taken for a trip by Lieut. Battini on a Farman biplane. In 1 hr. 8 mins. a distance of about 90 kiloms. was covered over Tunis, Carthage, and the neighbourhood. Fine Flight by French Sapper. FLYING at a height of between 2,000 and 2,500metres, Sapper Thoret, on the 17th inst., flew from Avor, by way of Lyon and Amberieu, to Chalons-sur-Soane, a distance of about 200 kiloms., in just under two hours. After a Year's Work. ON Monday of last week at Toul, Lieut. Prat, on an H. Farman machine given by the town of Nancy to the French Army exactly a year previously, climed 800 metres in ten minutes, and in half an hour was flying at 1,800 metres altitude. During the year it has been in service the machine has covered over 10,000 kiloms. in reconnaissances along the eastern frontier, but on being dismantled everything was found to be in perfect order, a testimony to the excellent workmanship and material used at the Farman works at Billancourt. Aeroplaning tor Singers. LAST Sunday Mdlle. Julienne Marchal arrived at Buc on a Bleriot which had been piloted from Deauville by M. Leblanc. It is claimed that this is the first time that an artiste has used an aeroplane to fly to her engagements, as Mdlle. Marchal was taken to Deauville last week by M. Leblanc. M. Santos Dumont Comes Back. AFTER a retirement which has lasted three years, M. Santos Dumont is thinking of taking up aviation again. On Saturday he was at Deauville and enjoyed a trip with Audemars, who will be remembered as about the only man, other than Santos Dumont, who could fly the Demoiselle. He is now going through a course of instruction at the Morane School at Villacoublay. More Clemeat-Bayards For French Army. AT Issy, on Friday of last week, Gaillaux successfully put three Clement-Bayard monoplanes for the French Army through their official tests. A Deperdussin Superior Pilot. CRIBEILLET, a pupil at the Deperdussin school, at Betheny on the 28th ult., made the first test for a military pilot's certificate by flying round the Rheims-Mailly Cimp-Sissonne course, with two landings, in three hours. Afterwards he flew from Rheims to Amiens. Flying to the Manoeuvres. AN escadrllk of half a dozen two-seater D3p;rdassins started from Betheny, on the 28th ult., to fly to their stations in connection with the manoeuvres in the south of France. The first stage of their journey, to Etampes, was made in an hour and a half. A New Swiss Pilot. AFTER finishing his period of instruction at the Ponnier School at Rheims, Borrer showed his mettle by flying home from Mourmelon to Soleure in Switzerland. He has since given a good many exhibition flights, and has also carried on an aerial post, while among his exploits was flying from Soleure to the summit of the Weissenstein, 1,350 metres high, with a passenger and a sack of mails. Subsequently he flew back to Soleure. On Thursday of last week he flew with a passenger from Soleure over Berne, Neufchatel, and Bienne, and landed at Mulledorf, 1,000 metres high, afterwards returning to his starting point by way of Bienne and Grange. Another Promising Nieuport Pilot. LARTIGUE, a Comite Nationale pupil at the Nieuport school at Villacoublay, on the 24th ult. flew from Paris to Mourmelon and returned on Monday morning, thi; being one of his tests for a superior brevet. Marquis De Dion in the Air. ON the 26th ult. Maurice Farman and the Marquis de Larienty- Tholozan, both on De Dion engined M. Farmans, flew over to Rambouillet and back, their passengers being the Marquis and Marquise De Dion. New Bathiat Superior Pilots. Two soldiers at the Bathiat Sanchez School at Mourmelon made one qualifying flight for superior brevets on a mono plane on Monday. They completed the circuit Mourmelon- Sissone-Mailly Camp-Mourmelon, in three hours, with stops at the two intermediate points. An Italian Cross-Country Record. ON the 24th ult. Lieut. Scarpis on a Farman biplane flew from Turin to Pordenone, a distance of 450 kiloms. in 5^ hours, a stop being made on the way at Cremone to replenish the petrol tank. Farmans at Belgian Manoeuvres. LAST week two squadrons, each consisting of four Farman biplanes built in Belgium by the Antwerp firm of Boliekens, left the Brasshaet Aerodrome in order to take part in the manceuvres. One squadron flew to Lignon, near Ciney, a distance of 250 kiloms., while the other had to fly 280 kiloms. to Laneffe, jnst by Thuis. Jensen Flies to Russia. ON his Clement-Bayard monoplane, Jensen, on Monday, con tinued his journey from Peterswald, in Bohemia, to which point he made a non-stop flight from Paris, last week. Taking a northerly direction, he finally landed at Kalisch, on the Russian frontier, about 220 kiloms. south-west of Warsaw. ® ® ® ® AIRSHIP MEWS. LoDg Voyage by Italian Airship. THE Italian army airship P 4 started at midnight from Vigna di Valle near Rome and cruised to Calpato, close to Venice, in nine hours, beating the railway train by a couple of hours. A Zeppelin over Heligoland. ON Wednesday of last week the German Naval '' Zeppelin Li " paid a surprise visit to Heligoland, and from 1 a.m. to 1.30 she played her searchlight upon the fortifications and the warships. Italian Naval Minister in an Airship. ADMIRAL MILLO, the Italian Naval Minister, on the 26th ult. enjoyed a long trip on board one of the military dirigibles of the M type stationed at Rome. "Capitaine Ferber" Paid Off. THE French military dirigible " Commandant Coutelle" arrived at Epinal from St. Cyr on the 26th inst. in order to relieve the " Capitaine Ferber," which, having completed her work for 1913, will be dismantled for overhaul. The New German Naval Zeppelin. THE new Zeppelin for the German Navy is now approaching completion in the works at Friedrichshafen, and from the few par ticulars that have leaked out, it appears that she will be three metres longer than Li. There are three cars, the centre one being for the accommodation of the pilots, while the first and last car will each contain two 200 h.p. motors, all the cars being connected by a gallery built into the hull of the airship. " Adjudant Vincenot" for Manoeuvres. HAVING been detailed for specific work in connection with the manceuvres, the military dirigible " Adjudant Vincenot," with eight officers on board, on Monday week cruised 540 kiloms. from Issy to Albi. Bigger Airship Docks for Zeppelins. WORK, has commenced on a new airship shed of large pro portions at Friedrichschafen capable of housing two dirigibles of the Zeppelin type. New Airship for Belgium. THE new Zodiac dirigible, built to the order of the Belgian Government, made a trial trip of 1 hr. 5 mins. duration on the 22nd ult. Corrtte de la Vaulx was in charge. 991
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