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DECEMBER 27, 1913. Renaux Crosses the Channel. ON the Maurice Farman biplane built for the Admiralty sea plane, which he has been testing at Boulogne for a few days. Renaux, accompanied by his mechanician, on the 18th inst., flew across the Channel, and following the East Coast alighted at Felixstowe. French Lecture on British Military Aviation. ON Thursday week, a paper was read before the Societe Franchise de Navigation Aerienne by Naval Ensign Delaunay, the subject being English Military Aviation, and the lecture was illustrated by numerous lantern slides. The lecturer recently spent some considerable time over here. An Ambassador in the Air. AMONG the visitors to Buc on the 13th was Mr. Herrick, the U. S. Ambassador, and he enjoyed a trip on a Bleriot with Bidot. A number of members of the French Senate were present, and also witnessed flights by Senator Reymond. Mr. Churchill at Buc. ON Friday of last week Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, accompanied by several naval officers, paid a visit to Buc. He saw over forty machines on the ground, and most of them were seen in the air during the afternoon. Over a score of Farman machines were ranged up in line, and several of the visitors were taken up. Chevilliard gave a fine display of upside down flying, side dives, &c. Lacrouze Going South. ON his 80 h.p. Gnome-Bleriot tandem machine, accompanied by M. Parent, Lacrouze arrived at Lyon on the 13th from Avranches, having made one stop on the way at Macon. He intends to continue his journey to Nice. Garros Loops the Loop. By way of practice before sending his new Morane-Saulnier to the South of Fiance, where he is booked to give a series of exhibi tions, Roland Garros was testing it at Villacoublay on the 8th. His first attempt at looping-the-loop was not quite successful, the machine -ide-slipping just before the finish, but in a subsequent attempt he made two loops in succession, lie also made a fine Z dive and some very steeply banked turns. On the 18th inst., at Frejus, Garros went up to a height of a thousand metres, and then landed by a very fine spiral. He intends shortly to make another attempt on the height record. A New Biplane Looper. AT Bolbec (Seine-lnferieure), on the lothinst., Poiree gave an extraordinary display of looping the loop, figure eights, and the chute de cote, on a Henry Farman machine. The flights were witnessed by a crowd of about 10,000 persons. Testing the Morane "Parasol." AT Villacoublay on the 8th inst. some tests were carried out by Gilbert with one of the Morane machines with the main planes arranged some distance above the fuselage. The tests were watched by representatives of the French and Russian armies. With an So h.p. 9-cyl. Rhone motor the machine is said to have attained a speed of 120 k.p.h. Marc Pourpe in Egypt. HAVING made arrangements to fly from Cairo to Khartoum on the Morane machine on which Garros crossed the Mediterranean, Marc Pourpe started from Heliopolis on the nth inst. He had, however, proceeded but a short distance when, probably through being caught in a rernous, the machine dived to the ground, and was considerably damaged, the pilot however, escaping unhurt. A New Monoplane. AT Juvisy, on the 7th, a new monoplane built by de Brageas made its appearance, and with Bobba as pilot, made a flight of about a quarter of an hour's duration over the neighbour hood of the aerodrome. The new monoplane has the motor and propeller arranged at the back of the main plane, the motor being a 80 h.p. Canton-Unne. Testing a Clerget-Farman. AT Mourmelon, on the 17th inst., Testulat on a Henry rarman biplane, fitted with a 80 h p. Clerget-Blin, climbed 1,000 metres in I2h mins., the machine carrying a useful load of 300 kilogs. Prize for Paris-Bucharest Flight. PRINCE VALENTINE BIBESCO, who has done a good deal to push forward aviation in Roumania, has offered to the Roumanian Aero Club a cup to be awarded for a race between Pans and Bucharest. New Farman Military Pilots. . ON the 10th inst., Rene Germain completed his qualifying flights for his military certificate by a very fine flight from Etampes «4 l/yStrr ATIOM NEWS. to Mailly Camp and back on a Gnome-Farman. On the 12th insi., Beard arrived at Amberieu from Dijon and Beaune, having flown 200 kiloms. in 1 hour 40 mins. Hanouille at Marseilles. ON Sunday week and Monday, Hanouille gave several looping- the-loop flights on his Bleriot machine at Marseilles. He varied his exhibition with some very impressive spiral descents and glissades s/t ,im aile, which were enthusiastically applauded by the large crowd which was attracted to the Borely I'ark, which was utilised as an aerodrome. Bill Joins the Loopers. ANOTHER exponent of looping-the-loop on the Farman biplane is Bill, who on Saturday week at Buc made one short flight upside down, and on Sunday he did it twice and also made chcles with the planes of his machine vertical and a chute d, cote. Chevilliard at Brussels, &c. ON the 10th inst., Chevilliard was in Belgium and gave a fine display of looping-the-loop, &c, on his Farman machine, before a large crowd at the Berchem Aerodrome, near Brussels. On the 15th he gave a similar exhibition at Lausanne. Chanteloup also Visits Belgium. IN very high winds Chanteloup gave a looping-the-loop exhibition, &c, on his Caudron machine at Laeken, in Belgium, on the 14th inst. He was also (lying at the sann place on the following day, in one 10 mins. flight making six successive loops, and flying for several seconds with the machine upside down. Last week-end he was at Copenhagen, and, as mentioned else where, he will be at Hendon on Boxing 1 >ay. Motor Competition in Germany. THE new competition for a prize of ,£5,600 offered by the Kaiser for aeroplane motors, will be open to engines ranging from 80 to 200 h.p., and the weight must not be more than 4 kilos, per h.p. After undergoing eliminating trials, the successful motors will have to make a 60 hours' endurance test, during which two stops not exceeding five hours each time may be madr for replenishment of petrol and oil. The only repairs which may be made during the trial are such as would be made by a pilot in the course of a voyage on an aeroplane with the aid of the passenger, and utilising spare parts carried on board. Flying Prohibited at Cologne. Two flying schools and works at Cologne have had to close owing to a notification from the Governor that the regulations prohibiting flying over or near fortifications are to be strictly enforced. One firm has migrated to Hangelar, near Bonn, while the other has started a works at Siegburg. With a Hydro Over the Apennines. CEVASCO, on a hydro-aeroplane, on the 14th inst. flew from Sesto-Calende, on Lake Majeur, to Genoa, the trip of 165 kiloms. taking 1 hr. 25 mins., and the Apennines being crossed at a height of 2,000 metres. Cevasco intends to go on to Monaco, and then, returning to Genoa, fly across Italy to Rome and on to Cettinje, where he will deliver a letter from the King of Italy to the King of Montenegro. A Long Flight in Italy. ON the 15th inst., Capt. E. La Polla completed a flight of 1,100 kiloms. on his Farman biplane, the itinerary of the trip in cluded Pordenone, Pesaro, Foggia, Naples, and Rome. An Aeroplane Race at Brescia. IN connection with the motor car race which is to be held on the Brescia Circuit on September 6th and 7th, next year, it is pro posed to have a race for aeroplanes. The suggestion is that as each car is started the aeroplane bearing the same number should also be sent on its way. Vedrines at Constantinople. ON the 16th inst. Vedrines made a flight over Constantinople on his Blerio'. He dropped a Turkish flag on to the Sultan's palace and a French flag on to the cruiser " Jeanne Blanche " in the harbour. Bonnier, who is also at Constantinople, and Vedrines have decided to continue their flight to Asia Minor in company, " for the glory of their country." The Wright Automatic Stability Machine. AT the banquet given by the Aero Club of America on the 17th inst., Mr. Orville Wright referred to the latest developments of the Automatic Stability device and he is reported to have stated that he has found that the machine fitted with the attachment which hag been flying practically daily for the last four months is as easy to control as a motor car. 3
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