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NOVEMBER 15, 1913. New President of the C.S.A. ** ALSO at this meeting of the C.S.A. the resignation of the -chairman, Count de la Vaulx, was received, and M. Soreau, a vice- President of the Aero Club of France, was elected by a large -majority to fill the vacancy. Chevilliard's Latest Performance. ON Thursday, last week, at Buc, and at Juvisy on Sunday, Chevilliard gave demonstrations of the latest development of his chute de coti, which was seen at Hendon some time ago. In this latest exploit, the movements, as in Pegoud's flights, are made so quickly that it is by no means easy to follow them, but it seems that Chevilliard takes the machine up, and makes a left-hand turn, following this up by banking the machine until the planes are vertical. He then dives as in his old manceuvre, but instead of flattening out he apparently continues the bank, so that the machine is diving nose down with the right wing tip now inside—although it is still uppermost—the machine still continuing the spiral; in other words, it is diving upside down. The next move is to correct the dive by flattening out, while still following a spiral path, and eventually the machine regains its normal flying position. _ At Buc Chevilliard used one of the ordinary Henry Faiman biplanes, fitted with an 80 h.p. Gnome motor, and during the time he was in the air a veritable gale was blowing. For the performance at Juvisy on Sunday, which included three demonstrations at intervals of an hour, the machine used was a special one built for an attempt on the Michelin Cup; it has a 9-cyl. Rhone motor. During Sunday afternoon exhibition flights were also given at Juvisy by Champel on his own machine, Vallier on a Caudron and Lanier on a Deperdussin, these three machines each having Anzani motors. Flying from the Hague to Etampes. STARTING from Wassenair near the Hague on Saturday morning, Van Steyn intended to fly to Etampes on his H. Farman biplane with a passenger. It may be remembered that he made the journey in the reverse direction some weeks ago. On Saturday, after flying for two hours and a-half and covering about 100 miles, he was obliged to land on account of the wind at Assenede on the Belgian frontier. Restarting later in the day, he had to make another descent, after half an-hour's flying, at the St. Denis plains near Ghent. Farman Brothers Flying in Company. ON Sunday week Maurice Farman, with a lady passenger, went over to Etampes from Buc on one of the latest model machines of his design, and during the return trip he flew in company with Dick Farman, who was piloting one of this year's type M. Farmans. French Aerial Mail Postponed. OWING to the railway disaster at Melun the French Minister of Commerce decided to postpone the experimental aerial mail service from Paris to Nice, which was to have been carried out on the 7th inst. by Martinet. Arrangements are, however, being made for the experiment to be carried out shortly ; and on Monday Martinet, who is to be pilot, made a test flight, on the Doutre biplane which he will use, from Compiegne to Nevers. The Due de Montpensier over Bordeaux. ON Sunday afternoon the Due de Montpensier enjoyed a sight of Bordeaux from aloft, being taken for a trip above the city on a hydro-aeroplane piloted by Issartier. The Misfortunes of Galtier. AFTER being detained by the police at Dunkerque for having flown over a prohibited area, as recorded in last week's FLIGHT, Galtier was accorded permission to leave the district, but not by way of the air, on the 5th inst. As a matter of fact, he was in further -trouble with the police because he made a trial flight for the purpose of testing his engine. The Prince Henry Circuit. THE arrangements made for the Prince Henry Circuit are that the competitors from May 16th to 19th must fly from Darmstadt by way of Pfarzheim, Strasburg and Mannheim to Frankfort, and then make a circuit via Mayence, Bingen, Coblentz, Bonn, Cologne and back to Frankfort. From May 20th to 22nd they will go by Cassel and Brunswick to Hamburg and make another circuit via Hanover, Minden, Munster and Psuabrueck. On the 22nd there will be a reconnoitring flight to Cologne, while there will be further military exercises at Cologne on the 25th inst. Military Pilots in Switzerland. THE Swiss military authorities have decided not to accept married men as officers of the flying corps. In consequence of this -decision the Swiss army will lose the services of Taddeoli, Schumacher and Burn. LTDcHf] Pegoud at Brussels. ON Saturday and Sunday Pegoud gave exhibition flights at the Berchen aerodrome at Brussels, and although it rained heavily he carried out his usual programme of "s" dives, corkscrew twists, looping the loop and upside down flying. During Saturday's exhibition he looped the loop five times in succession. On the 16th and 17th inst., Pegoud will give a demonstration of his flying at Frankfort. Flying to Odessa. LAST Saturday Marc Bonnier left Villacoublay on his Nieuport monoplane in an attempt to fly to Vienna and Odessa. On account of the bad weather he had to stop after covering but a short distance, and then returned to Villacoublay. He started again on Monday, and reaching Nancy by midday, left during the after noon for Stuttgart. A Russo-German Frontier Incident. ON the 4th inst. an officer stationed at Posen unfortunately, in the misty weather, crossed the Russian frontier. On being fired at by the frontier guards, he descended and was told that he would have to go to Slupce in order that investigations might be made. Instead of going by rail, he offered to fly there accompanied by a Russian officer, but the machine was carried by the wind across the frontier and landed again in Germany at Konikowo near Guesen. Another Japanese School. FROM Tokio it is announced that Baron Shigeno is proposing to start an aviation school at Osaka, and to equip it with machines purchased in France. The New German Military Zeppelin. THE twenty-first Zeppelin to be built is to be inflated to-day (Saturday), and will undergo her trials next week. On being taken over by the German Army authorities she will be renumbered " Z6." Mutual Courtesies by Sportsmen of the Next Generation.— "May I trespass on you for a light?'*—From the German Motor. 1259
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