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?,riSnuerS' Sh0t d°Wn in air fiSht at Bremgarten near Mullheim. "Sopwith biplane At. No. 9660. Captured intact M°!Sf : ^er"^, J N°- 26°' 0ccuPant : Sub-Lieut. Buker- wortn. Wounded, taken prisoner. Shot down in air furhi over Freiburg Aerodrome. " Breguet biplane, No. 538. Motor : Renault, No 40WI Occupants both dead. Shot down in air fight at Umkirch' near Freiburg. "j?^?1 biPlane- No- 436. Motor: 12-cyl. Renault S. VI., No. 358. Occupants : Pilot. Sergt. Mottay taken prisoner; bomber, Corpl. Marchand, dead. Shot down m air fight at Steinbach (on the Haslach-Offenburg railway line). " Breguet biplane, No. 9176. Motor : 220 h.p. Renault No. 54281 (12-cyl.). Occupants: Pilot, Lieut. Neumann' prisoner ; bomber, Sergt. Vitty. Shot down by anti-aircraft guns at Buggingen, near Mullheim." To this list, editorial comment says that what is specially interesting is the fact revealed in this connection, that an American squadron took part in the raid, and thereby lost a number of the best American pilots, such as Norman Prince." one of the founders of the American Flight League in France! and Pilots Chapman and Rockwell. How Flugsport learnt this " fact," however, does not emerge, as neither of the names appear in their list. Equally interesting is the fact thai France lost one of her crack pilots of the moment, Adjutant Baron. IN one of the Prussian casualty lists the names of several well-known aviators are contained, one of which may be mentioned, Capt. Giinther von Detten, who will be remem bered in connection with pre-war races in Germany. DURING the night of September 6th the works of the Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, at Adlershof, were burned down. It is thought that incendiarism is out of the question. As far as can be ascertained only six or seven complete machines were burned, and about ten fuselages. All other machines, models, templates and jigs are said to have been saved. Arrangements have been made to carry on work elsewhere. THE German flying ground at Halten, which has not been in use for some time, is now occupied by the Deutsche Fliegerschule, tuition being given on Albatros biplanes, under the instruction of the German pilot, Hausmann. The one-time Eichwalde Flying School has been taken over by the Zentrale fur Aviatik in Johannisthal. Special courses in the theory as well as practice of flying have been estab lished, the latter being in the hands of instructors Kriiger and Schroff. Albatros and Rumpler biplanes are being used. THE aircraft works of the Gothaer Waggon fabrik have been transferred from Gotha to Staaken, near Spandau, where in future the construction of the well-known Gotha seaplanes will be carried out. ARRANGEMENTS are being made, and are said to be nearly complete, to create a new concern for the construction of aeroplanes and motors. Some German business men and one of the large banks in Buda-Pest are responsible. The new firm, if it materialises, is to have its works at Komitat Somogoy, on the Balaton Lake (Plattensee), Hungary, where, it is thought, the conditions will be almost ideal for the manufacture and testing of seaplanes. The capital is re ported to be " several " million marks. A NEW firm has been established in Hungary for the manu facture of aeroniotors, under the title, after allowing for the native vernacular, of " The Ganz-Fiat Hungarian Aeromotor Works, Ltd." It is to be run in conjunction by the Ganz and Co. Danubius Machine-, Coach- and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and the Austrian Fiat Works. The capital of the new limited company is put at a couple of million crowns. —MOTHER (seizing recalcitrant son by Now then, young Albert, you come TEN YEARS AGO. Excerpts from the " Auto." (*" FLIGHT'S " precursor and sister Journal) of December, 1906. " FLIGHT " was founded in 1908. M. SANTOS DUMONT'S NEW AEROPLANE. M. Santos Dumont is not disclosing much in the way of particulars about his new machine, That it is to be provided with a 100 h.p. motor we already know, ami he Ins now vouchsafed the information that the wings will be considerably smaller than in the first machine, which he now regards as purely experimental. Other details of construction are not forthcoming, but he anticipates thai he will be able to attain a speed m the new machine of 120 kiloms. per hour. AN ANTOINETTE AEROPLANE. The Antoinette Co. arc building an aeroplane, to carry two persons, the joint design of Capt. Ferber and Iff. Levavasseur, to lie equipped with one of the Levavasseur motors. The aeroplane is to be manipulated by Capt. Ferber, and we gather that the Antoinette Co. are prepared to build aeroplanes as a regular thing for all who wish to experi ment personally. " LA PATRIE." There is little further news of " La Pa trie," excepting that having been taken over by the military, she is now entirely in the hands of professional sohlieis. and on the 28th went out with Captain Yovci as pilot and Lieut. Bois as assistant pilot, and the mechanics Duguffroy and Key. The airship went out at 10.IX 111 the morning, and com haled the ascent at 11.20, being thus 1 hr. 5 mins. in the air. LENGTHY BALLOON JOURNEY. A balloon journey ol 403*46 miles in id hours was accom plished by Mr. Leslie Kueknall, who left Wandsworth (las Works on Tuesday afternoon in last week 111 his balloon, " Vivicnnc 1\'." passed over Kye in Su ossed the Channel at Le Touquet, passed over Amiens, Reims and Chaumont during the night, and descended ultimately at Nevy les Dole, in Switzerland, at dawn on Wednesday morning. THE ZEPP. BOGEY. the nether garment) : ' indoors." HERO : " No—o ! Wants to see Zeppelins." MOTHER : " 'Ere, if you ain't a good boy I'll tell the Zeppelins not to come any more."—Punch. 1075 FROM THE TURKISH FRONT.—Capt. Buddecke in front of his machine. Note the Flying Corps uniform and the Iron Cross.
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