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1922
1922 - 0575.PDF
OCTOBER 5, 1922 THE COUPE DEUTSCH : 1, The Nieuport-Delage in the air. 2, The " Sesquiplan " flown by Lecointe. A very pretty little machine, similar to last year's, but with a different wing section. 3, Lecointe landing. A few seconds after this photograph was taken the machine turned over, fortunately without injuring the pilot. 4, M. Sadi Lecointe, the famous Nieuport pilot, who had a marvellous escape when his machine turned over on landing. of somewhere around 220 m.p.h., they naturally flapped about furiously. The pull on the strings around James's neck became so hard that he had to break them, losing his maps. He then began to look around for La Marmogne, but during his struggles with the maps he had got con siderably off his course, and when, after " cruising " about for several minutes (at about 210 m.p.h.), he failed to locate the turning-point at Gidy, he decided there was nothing for it but to return to Villesauvage. The mishap was naturally a very great disappointment to the British visitors, as there could be no doubt that James would have stood a very good chance of winning the race. As to the happy-go-lucky spirit which trusts to tying maps on with string in a machine doing over 200 m.p.h., perhaps the less said the better. Sadi Lecointe, whose chances soared high with James's mishap, got his machine, the beautiful little Nieuport-Delage " Sesquiplan," out about a quarter to four, and after a good get-away crossed the starting line at about 3.50 p.m., going at a great pace, but certainly not giving the impression of being faster than the " Bamel." Less than 20 minutes after his start Lecointe crossed the line again, rounding the pylon in a sort of " Immelmann turn " which was nothing short of marvellous, considering the speed of the machine he was flying. We have referred several times to the absolute mastery of Lecointe in rounding a pylon, and on Saturday he did so in his best style. We doubt if there is another pilot in the world who could get the " Sesquiplan " around as quickly. After proceeding a short distance on his second outward journey Sadi was seen to be returning, and at once it was obvious that he was in trouble and was making for the aerodrome. Just before getting down it was noticed that Lecointe had stopped his engine, and as the machine touched it began to bounce about. Sadi, however, appeared to succeed in steadying it, but while it was still running along the ground at great speed it struck a rut, swerved and turned over. A groan went up from the thousands of spectators, and there were cries of " Sadi! Ah, Sadi! " In spite of the soldiers with fixed bayonets which are thought necessary to keep back a French crowd, the multitude broke from the enclosures and streamed at full speed towards the overturned machine, inside which it was expected Sadi would be lying seriously hurt. When the best runners in the crowd got to THE COUPE DEUTSCH : The Spad representative. 1, M. Andre Herbemont, the famous Spad designer, and M. Jean Casale, pilot of the Spad. 2, the Bleriot-Casale biplane. 3, Casale alighting with engine trouble. 575
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