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rail FOREIGN AIRCRAFT NEWS. JANUARY 31, 1914. Gilbert after Height Honours. ON Sunday last, at Mourmelon, Gilbert was practising on his Rhone-engined Morane-Saulnier, in view of his proposal to shortly attack the world's height record, which now stands at 6,150 metres. In this attempt he got up to 6,000 metres in 1 hr. 40 mins. Guillaux Loops the Loop. AFTER Deroye had tested a new 60 h.p. Gnome-Blenot at Buc on Sunday, the trial flight including a loop, the machine was banded over to Guillaux, who then took it up and made 15 loops in succession. It is stated that Guillaux is taking the machine to Australia, where he will give a series of exhibitions of looping the loop, &c. Ac. C. F. Medals Awarded. AT the recent meeting of the Committee of the Aero Club of France, it was decided to award silver-gilt medals to A. Seguin for his flight from Paris to Bordeaux and back, and to M. Prevost for his speed records ; silver medals to E. Gilbert, C. Pegoud and Marc Pourpe for meritorious flights during the past year. Silver medals were also awarded to Jacques Schneider for balloon duration Tecord and to Rene Rumpelmayer for balloon distance record. A New Looper. AT Buc on the 23rd inst., the Italian pilot Maniserro success fully looped the loop on a Bleriot, being the fourteenth aviator to carry out this evolution on the Bleriot make of machine. He also flew upside down for quite a long period while another manoeuvre was the S dive. Paris to Mourmelon on a Volsln. FLYING when the thermometer indicated 13 degrees of frost, Rugere on the 33rd took his Rhone-engined Voisin biplane from Issy to Mourmelon in 1 hr. 17 mins. Guillaux's Return from Bordeaux. ON his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, Guillaux on the 22nd inst. set out from Bordeaux to fly to Paris, but he was much troubled by the headwind, and eventually had to land at Ablis about 40 kiloms. short of Paris, owing to his petrol supply giving out. The following morning, when the temperature was 12 degrees below zero, he com pleted the remaining short distance to Villacoublay. Looping on a Caudron. AT Le Cmioy, on the 22nd inst., Chaateloup on his Caudron made eleven successive loops, flew upside down and finished with a corkscrew tail slide. Subsequently he watched Poulet, also on a Caudron, loop the loop for the first time. Champd has a Mishap. AFTER making 1,872 trips with passengers on his big biplane, which has a lo.cylinder Ansani motor, since making his head quarters at Juvisy, Champel is at present taking an enforced rest owing to an injury received when alighting from a train. It is hoped, however, that it will not be long before he is flying again. Farmans Land on Ice. MAURICE FARMAN, accompanied by a passenger, and Fourny, also with a companion, on the 21st inst. made trips along the Versailles canal, and on returning to Buc alighted on the frozen surface of the Trou Sale lake, from which point they taxied their machines to the hangars. A Bleriot Among the Skaters. ON the 23rd inst., Lieut. Quillien, stationed at Epinal, on his Bleriot machine paid a visit to Gerardmer, alighting on the frozen lake. The machine naturally attracted a good deal of attention among the skaters, and, after looking at his engine, Lieut. Quillien resumed his flight. Quick Climbing on a Caudron. PUTTING a military Caudron biplane through its official tests before Capt. Destouches, of the French Army, at Crotoy, on the 26th, Gaston Caudron made the machine, when carrying the regu lation load of 275 kilogs., climb 1,000 metres in 6 mins. 45 sees. Another Paris to Cairo Prize. 3.BARON EMrAiN, having offered a prize of 15,000 francs to the Ligue National Aerienne, the Ligue has decided to use it in connec- tionwith events it is proposed to organise this year over the Paris to Cairo route. The other prizes the Ligue propose to use in a similar way are the 10,000 francs offered by the Paris Municipal Council, 10,000 francs from Prince Bibesco, and 5,000 francs from the Seine General Council. Hanouille in Algeria. A FINE display of looping and upside-down flying was given by Hanouiile on his B16riot at Oran in Algeria, last Sunday, the spectators numbering more than 10,000. A Constantinople-Jerusalem Flight. ,...„. , IN view of the success of the French pilots in flying from Constantinople to Cairo, it is reported from the Turkish capital that the Ottoman Government is organising a competition from Con stantinople to Jerusalem. A prize of £T2CO will be given to the winner, while there will be several other prizes. Marc Pourpe in Egypt. „ . , m. *, CONTINUING his flight back to Cairo from Khartoum, Marc Pourpe, on his Morane-Saulnier went from Abu Hamed to Station No. 6 on the 21st inst. The next day he went on to Wady Haifa, and on the 23rd arrived at Berr. During this last stage of his journey the aviator was much trouble by the sand squalls, necessi tating the machine being thoroughly overhauled before attempting to go on to Assuan. Pegoud in Austria. LAST Sunday, despite the snow and 18 degrees of frost, Pegoud gave a fine display of looping, &c., at Bruenn, Moravia, one flight lasting for 32 min., followed by another of 18 min. To-morrow (Sunday) and Monday, Pegoud will give exhibitions at Trieste, and on his application the restrictions against flying over the city have been suspended. A German Fatality. WHILE flying at the Schielssheim aerodrome near Munich on the 21st inst. Serjeant Schweizer fell from a height of about 30 metres and was instantly killed. The accident was caused through attempting to make too sharp a turn. Spanish Military Aviator Killed. LIEUT. RAMOS of the Civil Guard met his death on Monday, while flying at the Four Winds aerodrome, Madrid, through his machine from some unaccountable cause falling from a considerable height. Testing Farmans for Italian Army. AT Turin on the 26th inst., the Marquis de Larienty-Tholozan was testing a new De Dion-engined M. Farman biplane built for the Italian Army. With a full load of 275 kilogs., the machine was timed to attain a speed of 112 kiloms. an hour, and climbed 1,000 metres in 8 mins. 45 sec. New Aeroplane Factory In Milan. MR. D. LAWRENCE SANTONI has now opened and organised a large factory in Milan, principally for the construction of the Farman machines, for which large contracts have been placed by the Italian Government. There are also facilities for the sale from these works of aeroplanes generally in the Orient and South America. The firm would also be pleased to enter into arrange ments with British manufacturers to build in Italy or to handle British aviation goods generally. Enquiries should be addressed to Mr. D. L. Santoni, at 9, Via Monte de Pieta, Milan, or at the London office of the General Aviation Contractors, 30, Regent Street, S.W. The Romanoff Prize. THE Romanoff prize of 10,000 roubles for a flight from St. Petersburg to Moscow and back within 48 hours, not having been won, Prince Abamalek-Lazarieff has announced his intention of adding the amount to the prize he has offered for a flight from St. Petersburg to Sebastopool in 24 hours. In the meantime the Imperial Russian Aero Club has asked the Prince to receive a deputation of aviators, who will suggest that the maximum period for this flight should be raised to 48 hours. C. K. Hamilton Dead. ONE of the first pilots of the Curtiss type of machine was Charles K. Hamilton, who died in New York on Thursday of last week from internal haemorrhage. It will be remembered that he won a prize for a flight from New York to Philadelphia and back in June, 1910. As recently as the 7th inst. he was testing a flying boat, designed on the lines of the Boland biplane, at Newark, N.J. "Capltaine Ferber" at Work Again. DURING last week the dirigible " Capitaine Ferber" made several long reconnaissances from her headquarters at Epinal. On Wednesday week and Saturday she was cruising over Rheims and the surrounding country. New "Clement Bayard" on Trial. THE new airship " Clement Bayard VI" made a trial cruise of 2J hours with nine persons on board on Saturday, passing during the trip above Compiegne, St. Denis, &c. Zeppelin Developments. IT is stated that the Zeppelin Co. has decided to set aside £10,000 for the erection alongside the airship works at Friedrichs- hafen of a works for making hydrogen gas, and the new Zeppelin works at Potsdam, the construction of which has been begun, will also include a plant for making hydrogen gas. 124
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