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[/yes?] The Red Ribbon for Garros. DURING his visit to Marseilles, the French President received Garros and Legagneux, who on Monday and the previous day had been flying over the town. The aviators were presented by M. Thierry, the Minister of Public Works, and after congratulating Garros on his flight across the Mediterranean, M. Poincare said that the Council of the Legion of Honour had reported favourably on the proposition to confer the Chevalier's decoration upon Garros. 200 Kiloms without Control. ON Monday, Albert Moreau on his " aerostable " machine left Melun at 7.45 with his mechanic, to fly to his father's house at Montargis. He was, however, obliged to land near Ladon at 8.40, as owing to the mist he could not see his way. Starting again at 10.10 he reached Montargis after 25 mins. flying. At half-past three he started on the return journey and flying by Nemours, Lidy and Fleurien Biere he arrived at Melun at five o'clock. Throughout these flights it is claimed the machine flew without the control levers being touched by the pilot. Some Long Flights In France. IN connection with the inauguration of a public flying ground at Chaumont (Haute Marne) on the 7th inst., some good flying was done by E. Vedrines and Bielovucic, who had flown over from Mourmelon on their Ponnier machines, and Marc Bonnier, who arrived from Villacoublay on his Nieuport. Senator Reymond also arrived on his Bleriot. He had started from Buc on the previous Sunday, and had paid visits to Joigny, in the Loire district, and Gray ; his total for the three trips b.-ing 750 kiloms. The Johannisthal Meeting. THE chief results of the flying week at Johannisthal are officially given as: Longest flight, Remus 4 hrs. 55 mins. Height, Stiplos- chek, 4,070 metres. Speed-range, Rupp 33'02S kiloms. (slow-speed 6875 k.p.h., fast 102 k.p.h.). Get-off, Thelen 70-94 metres; land ing, Rupp, 50-95 metres. A German Fatality. LIEUT. KOENIG was killed by the falling of his machine at Johannisthal on Monday. Testing a Beacon for Aerial Traffic. IN order to test the practicability of a beacon which has been erected at the Johannisthal aerodrome, one of the Zeppelin airships made a night cruise from Leipzig, starting at 3 a.m. on Tuesday. The light was seen thirty miles away, enabling the last part of the cruise to be made without recourse to the compass. Among the officers on board was the Inspector-General of Military Communi cations. Landing on a Cottage- ONE of the competitors in a night flying competition, which started from Johannisthal on Tuesday morning, had a very exciting time. The pilot, Reichelt, who was flying with his nephew, was making his way in the direction of the French frontier, when they ran into a thick fog. To add to their difficulty, the motor stopped, and there was nothing for it but to vol plant down and take their Harry Oelericb, chief pilot of the D.F.W. Flying School, after beating the German duration record by 6 hrs. 8 mins. a few weeks back. OCTOBER 18, 1913. chance. Suddenly they bumped into something and the machine stopped dead. Then the aviators were alarmed to hear voices beneath them, and eventually found that they had landed on the roof of a peasant's cottage at Morsbach, near Saarbrucken. The monoplane was smashed, but the occupants of machine and cottage were little the worse for the adventure. AustrO'Daimler Successes. IT Should be noted that the Union-Arrow biplane on which Sablatnig made his height records with three, four and five passengers, at the Johannisthal meeting was fitted with a 120 h.p. Austro-Daimler engine. Death of a Danish Aviator. THE Danish military pilot, Lieut. Ulrich-Birch, who was. injured in the fall of his biplane at Copenhagen on the 2nd inst., died in hospital, from his injuries, on the loth inst. Flying in Roumania. QUITE a deal of very useful flying is being done in Roumania by the Army officers, as can be seen by the following extract from a letter, dated October 6th, from one of the Bristol mechanics at the flying school at Bucharest. "Yesterday, Sunday, October 5th, Capt. Popovici did a very fine flight of 200 miles with a passenger on the Bristol tractor biplane, and in the evening he took a lady for a flight. Lieut. Beroinade has also been flying very well, and to-day flew alone, rising to a height of 1,000 metres in 7 mins. with both tanks exactly half full. Lieut. Pascanu also put up two flights yesterday af.d to-day of two hours each. Capt. Popovici intends going in for a 6 hours' flight. Lieut. Beroinade is flying the Bristol machines in a perfect manner. They have nothing but praise for the Bristol tractors, and everything is going on very satisfactory, and they are out on them every opportunity they can get, which speaks for itself." A Roumanian Fatality. AFTER making a fine flight from Bucharest to Targovishte, about 50 miles away, Lieut. Negel was the victim of an accident which cost him his life. As his biplane was landing it turned over, and the pilot being thrown out received injuries which terminated fatally. The mechanic who was accompanying him escaped practically unhurt. A Mishap in South Africa. WHILE making a flight with Lieut. Dunlop at the flying school at Kimberley, the biplane, piloted by Mr. Cheeieman, was caught in an air-pocket, and turning over fell a distance of about 100 ft. Mr. Cheeseman sustained a broken leg, but his passenger escaped with a shaking. Unfortunately Mr. Cheeseman succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Orvllle Wright Tries a SinglcPropeller Machine. ON the 20th ult., Orville Wright, for the first time, did some fiyine on one of the single-propeller machines which have been built this year especially for exhibition work. This machine is very speedy and rises from and lands on the ground very easily, for which reason it has been favourably received by the military authorities for reconnaissance work. Among the interested spectators of these tests were Mr. Griffith Brewer and Mr. Alec Ogilvie. Long Trip on Flying Boat. IN his Curtiss flying boat, accompanied by a friend, W.Thaw on October 1st, flew from Newport to New Haven, Ct., the flying time for the distance of 105 miles being 93 minutes. ® ® ® @ THE ITALIAN LAKES AEROPLANE RACE. FOLLOWING on the conclusion of the race round the Italian lakes, as recorded in our last issue, the competitors had to carry out the qualifying tests which could not be completed before the start, on account of the bad weather. On the 8th inst. only the get-off tests could be carried out, and in these Fischer's Farman excelled, leaving the water in 18 metres and in 5* sees. Chemet's Borel was next with 50 metres and I2-| sec ., and Garros (Morane) third with 80 metres and I2| sees., Landini (S.I.A.) fourth with 100 metres and 15| sees., while Hirth (Albatross), who, it will be'remembered,was first in the race, was last, taking 165 metres and 25 sees. The next morning the climbing speed was tested, and the results were : Landini, 720 metres in 11 mins. 35 sees.; Garros, 600 metres in 10 mins. 2* sees. ; Fischer, 500 metres in 16 mins. 24 sees. ; Chemet, 500 metres in 23 min. 6| sees. ; Hirth did not attain the stipulated 5C0 metres. The height trials were also carried out, and Garros went up alone to 2,100 metres; Chemet, with passenger, 1,200 metres; Fischer, with passenger, 1,170 metres; Hirth, alone, 1,450 metres ; Landini, with passenger, 1,000 metres. Although the official results have not been published, yet it is possible that Hirth may lose the first place, as his machine did not complete the climbing test, while it is also claimed that he infringed the regulations by changing one of the floats of his machine before making the get-off test. 1154
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