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1931
1931 - 0474.PDF
FLIGHT, MAY 22. lB:il The winner of the Speed Contest of the Tour of France. The Guerchais type 12 (95 h.p. Renault) monoplane and its pilot Henry Massot. Lalouette, and was quickly followed in turn by Hebelin,flying a Farman 231, carrying one passenger, and by Avignon, who piloted a Farman 190, with fourpassengers. Other planes followed in quick succession, one of thefeatures being the arrival of 12 Potez 36 cabin monoplanes, equipped with 95-H.P. Renault or Salmson motors, flyingin a semi-circular formation headed by Rene Labouchere, the Chief Pilot of the Potez Co. "Captain Frank M.Hawks flying his " Texaco No. 13 " monoplane, reached Oriy at 12.05 p.m., having come from Douai in 35minutes, and live of the Belgian planes that had met the Tour at Douai also came on to Paris. All the pilots had" checked in " at Orly by 1.15 p.m. The position of the competitors, their elapsed time fromDouai to Orly, speed, etc., will be found in the accom- panying table.Two official planes, in addition to the contestants, accompanied the Tour. One, a Lorraine Hanriot, equipped with a 230-H.P. Lorraine motorwas piloted by Marcel Haeglen the well-known War Ace, andPresident of the " Union des Pilotes Civils." M. Haeglen wasthe Commissaire General of tJ] (.Tour, and to his good judgment and untiring efforts its greatsuccess is, in a large measure, due. The other official plane aCaudron 232 (95-H.P. Renault), carried the Commissaires of theTour, MM. Gaston Brabant and Armou, who looked after thedetails of taking care of the pilots on their arrival at the variouscities, and ably seconded M. Haeglen in the many details of hisduties. The Tour was also accom- panied by the "Columbia" plane, a Farman 190 (230-H.P." Titan "), which transported a Jazz band consisting of four members in .bright blue uniforms, who gave entertain-ments throughout the Tour. These were greatly appre- ciated, and voted an excellent accompaniment to the trip.The Guerchais cabin monoplane, piloted by Henry Massot, the well-known test pilot, winner of the SpeedContest, is of a type especially suited for Tourist use. It carried comfortably throughout the " Tour of France "the pilot and two passengers, together with their baggage, weighing 100 lb. (45 kg.). This plane, which is con-structed of wood throughout, has a maximum speed of 109 m.p.h. (175 k.p.h.), a cruising,speed of 93 m.p.h. (150k.p.h.), and lands at 45 m.p.h. (70 k.p.h.). The ceiling is 4,500 metres (15,000 ft.). The fuel tanks, which are in-stalled in the wings, have a capacity of 35 gallons (150 litres) of petrol, which furnishes a flight radius of 470 miles(750 km.). The wings are of cantilever construction with a spread of 39 ft. (12 metres) and a total surface 215 sq.ft. •:' Posi-tion. Some of ths Potez 36 monoplanes Hnsd up after arriving at Or!y on May 10. TOUR OF FRANCE: SPEED RACE DOUAI TO ORLY—118 MILES (190 KM). Pilot. Machine. TimeSeconds. Speed.K.p.h. H.P.per Pas-senger. Number iof Points. Posi-tion. Pilot. Machine. Time. Seconds. Speed.K.p.h. H.P. per Pas-senger. VPoint*. 12 34 56 78 910 1112 1314 1516 1718 1920 MassotAvignon HerbelinLalouette ArcauteChmedlin CoadouMaryse Hilcz Lefolcavez .Lardy LetwauMaurens RoulinMauler PerrierMax Andre ChaiiePharabod MoreaviLegendre Guerchais ..Farman 190 Farman 231Farman 231 Caudron 193Moth Farman 232Moth MothFarman 231 MothFarman 190 Caudron 232Caudron 128 Caudron 232Caudron 230 Caudron 230Caudron 232 Farman 204Caudron 232 4,3663,919 3.6193,620 4,1524,680 4.0584,819 4.9634,494 5.0403,872 4,8905,907 S.0175.134 5.13S5,245 4.7865,566 I54-0«171-72 185-76185-40 16200143-64 IBS-60139-68 | 135-36149-76 133-56173-88 137-52113-76 133-92131-04 131-OQ128-88 14(1-4(1.1 31-6038-2 47-547-S 47-542-5 50-042-5 42 -547-5 42-557 • S 47-540-00 47-547-5 47-547-5 55-047-5 487 449 391 390 340338 331 318 31,8315 3,1*302 289284 ?8I 275-8»275-8 271 258 256 2! 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 3031 3233 34 35 36 37 38 39 GrillotVaillant Malinvaud ..Maryse Bastie de RovinCamion Maloine RipaultDurandeau MemiozLabouchere LietardLhuillery CendreCollin BlangerSt. Cierge MarotVercruvsse MoraneCaudron 232 MothCaudron 230 Potez 36Potez 36 Caudron 230Potez 36 Potez 36Potez 36 Potez 36Potez 36 Potez 36Potez 36 Eotez 36Potez 36 Potez 36Potez 36 Potez 36 4,4895,682 6,4455,857 5,8605,880 4,6746,093 6,1456,220 6,2566,297 6,2936,444 6,5086,601 8,2269,690 13,132 149-76118-44 104-40114-84 114-75114-48 144-0011016 109-44108-00 107-28106-56 10512104-40 103-32101-88 81-7269-48 51-12 60 047-5 42-547-5 47-547-5 60-047-5 47-547-5 47-547-5 47-547-5 47-547-5 47-547-5 40-0 249 24'' 24:-' 24 i -S- 24.-2 24.. 22' 22 "• 21/ 2i- 17: 14:- 444
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