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MAY 6 1020 A very excellentflying boat : The standard SavoiaS. 13 on which Janello gavesome wonderful exhibitions oftrick flying, in- cluding looping,spinning, rolls, lmmelman turns,side-slips, etc. " Flight " Copyright. X * M race. The general opinion is that the Savoia is the fasterof the two machines, but it is feared that if Janello does not cut his corners finer he may lose the race. The Spad comes into view going towards Cape Martinand having rounded makes for home. He passes the finishing line between the Tir aux Pigeons and the mark boat, as shownin one of our photographs. Shortly afterwards, Janello is seen heading for Cape Martin, and in a few minutes he ap-proaches, flying low over the Tir aux Pigeons, giving the crowds assembled there a splendid idea of the speed of hismachine. In a few minutes the times are announced, M. de Romanet, on the Spad, being the winner, his time being22 mins. 321 sees. Janello's time is given as 23 mins. 29! sees. There can be no possible doubt that, had Janello not lost timeat the start and taken his corners wide, he would have won the race. However, de Romanet made up for the slightlylower speed of his Spad by excellent piloting and no one grudges him his victory. Shortly after the finish of the speed race the three-enginedCaudron comes out of the harbour, piloted by Ma'icon. He intends to have another try for the altitude elimination trial.This time he is more successful, a slight breeze helping him to get into the air, assisted by a few gentle bumps from theslight swell that is now running. The floats are not required to do much planing and a final wave bumps the machine off.Once in the air she climbs fairly well and is soon lost to sight. In the meantime Janello boards the Savoia two-seater andgoes up to give a demonstration of stunt flying. Every trick of which a land machine is capable is per-formed, apparently, with equal facility by Janello on the Savoia flying-boat. Spins, rolls, sideslips, dead-leaf fallsand loops are all shown, the loop being somewhat reminiscent of those which a quaint little machine affectionately knownas " Lizzie " used to perform at Hendon some years ago. The machine gets to the top of the loop, appears to hang therefor some little time, thinking matters over, and then, suddenly, flops into a rightrway-up position. The Savoia, however,appears to drop considerably while in the inverted position. One of these loops was followed by a vertical dive during whichthe machine gained such a speed that one expected to see -•.•-,-' '..-•' -- • . " • • " Flight" Copyrights AT MONACO : Janello. on the Savoia racer, coming in over the Tir aux Pigeons at the finish of the race. Inset: The Savoia racer alighting :•----. • -. . . 493 - ^
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