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1931
1931 - 0575.PDF
1LIGHT, JUNE 12, 1931 Private Clult Kews THE "F.A.N." MEETING AT ORLY THE ORLY MEETING: On the left, some of the Heston Tourists being received by M. JaquesBreguet (hat in hand); on the right, Miss Winifred Spooner in the " Puss Moth" who also paid a visit to Orly. Pi KELIMINARY to their three days' Convention, theAssociated Aero Club? of France (known as theFederation Aeronautique Nationale) invited themembers of the various provincial clubs to fly to Paris for the Convention and meet at the Orly Airport onSunday morning, May 31 last. A demonstration of the latest models of the various tourist planes also took placeat the airport that afternoon. A large number of machines irorn all parts of Franc* responded, and some 56 machines«ere grouped at the Orly Airport during the day. The Aero Clubs of Vichy, Tours, Bourges, Dieppe, Le Havreand l'Aisne, amongst others, sent representatives, while a number of private owners also arrived in their planes.The Aero Club of France acted as host and a very pleasant luncheon was served in one of the hangars, while a " tea "was held late in the afternoon after the various demon- strations. M. Rudolph Soreau, President of the French Associated\ero Clubs and a Vice-President of the Aero Club of France, presided ; he was assisted by M. Edward Avenet,as Commissioner-General, and M. Henry Chollat, as Secre- tary-General, of the Meeting. The Air Minister was repre-sented by Admiral Esteva, Chief of the Naval Air Service, and M. Etienne Riche, the Assistant Air Minister, byM. August Renvoise, the Director of the Paris District Airports. The members of the " Heston Air Park Association,"who were returning to England after having accomplished their " Spring Cruise " (which was described in last week'sissue of FLIGHT), were also guests of their French AeroClub friends at this very pleasant reunion. Miss Winifred Spooner also stopped at Orly Sundaymorning, on her way back to England from the Aviation Meeting at Zabreb, Yugo Slavia. She was piloting a" Puss Moss," having left Marseilles earlier in the day, and had Mr. Lindsay Everard as a passenger. About 11.30 o'clock all the Club members of the meet-ing repaired to the monument recently erected in the Orly NEW TYPES "AT ORLY: The Couzinet 3-engined postal plane (40 h.p. Salmson) is seen on the left, and on the right is the Albert 2-seater low-wing monoplane, with 85 h.p. Walter engine. 537
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