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Aviation History
1920
1920 - 1090.PDF
OCTOBER I^, 1920 THUS the Morning Post:- " Flying today has only one dis- advantage—it is that you must return to earth again." Are^we to understand that that is really a disadvantage ? THE Paris correspondent of the Thunderer has been indulg- ing in a little trick of renaming some of the well-known French machines. Writing of the sealed " joy-stick " experi- ment he described the aeroplane as a McRane-Saulnier, which suggests that M. Saulnier has gone to France's old ally for a new partner. THEN at the Buc meeting, the same writer discovered " three ' aeroplanettes,' the Pischoff, the dual control Potey 8, and the minute Caufron. They were piloted by Mile. Bolland, who recently attempted to fly across the Channel." From which we gather incidentally that the charming aviatrice had a busy time. . ., THE same correspondent is also a little weak on speeds, as, in recording the kilom. trials at Buc, he explains : " De Romanet's achievement excels that of Casale, who on a pre- vious occasion reached 283,234 kilometres an hour. Sadi Lecointe later in the day flew even faster than Romanet, attaining 293,877 kilometres an hour on his Nieuport-Hispano, but in accordance with the international competition regula- tions he does not hold the official title of fastest flyer, since his speed did not exceed that of de Romanet by four kilo- metres—the margin, considered necessary in order to guard against a possible chronological error." Some speed ! PRODIGIOUS indeed were the camouflage arrangements in contemplation to protect against attack and espionage by aeroplane when the Armistice was signed. Not only were the Germans pastmasters in the art, but both ourselves and the French were getting pretty proficient in deceptive creations. Thus one big scheme is now disclosed, which was contemplated for the mitigation of the bombing of Paris by aircraft. The idea was to construct a " dummy " Paris north of the capital. The plans for this project were worked out by M. Jacopozzi, an engineer, and under these, railway lines, factories of woodwork and canvas, electric light, all would have been built .to represent St. Denis, the northern suburb. Paris itself would have been reproduced near the Forest of St. Germain. The intermittent glow from steel foundries was to be imitated by stage devices. When aeroplanes approached, the real Paris would have remained in darkness and an artificial mist would have risen above the Seine. At the false Paris the alarm would have Beachy Head and Eastbourne, as seen from an Avro seaplane IO92
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