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1931
1931 - 0981.PDF
r FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931 THE FINISH: Competitors ranged up in front of the Roland Garros Hangar at Orly. DUNLOP CUP TOUR OF FRANCE a Tour of some 2,900 kilometres (1,850miles) around France, in competition for the Dunlop Cup, 21 of the 26 light tourist planesthat had " taken off " from the Orly Airport eight days previously (as described in our last issue) re-turned to that aerodrome on Sunday afternoon, August 30 last. All kinds of weather had been encountered. For thefirst two days, while flying over the sections Orly- Montlucon-Vichy-Lyons-Nimes, the air tourists met withconsiderable rain and fog. Three planes were eliminated between Orly and Montlucon, on the first day of the Tour.The Farman 231 of Petit and the Potez 36 of Fougere •damaged their airscrews, and the Potez 36 of Marzin itslanding gear in making forced landings owing to the bad weather. On the second day Letartre, piloting a Far-man 202, was caught in a squall and obliged to come down at Montelimar, and lost considerable time. He re-joined the Tour at Nimes, but did not make the landing at Lyons as required by the schedule, and was thuseliminated from the Contest. He continued to accompany the Tour, however, as a tourist. The bad weather of thefirst two days made it difficult for the pilots to maintain their required speeds, and a number of penalisations wereincurred. Sunshine and a moderate " tail wind " were encountered,for the first time, on the section leaving Nimes on Wednes- THE WINNER: Count de Rouvre's Morane " Moth" (" Gipsy ") on which he•won the Dunlop Cup Tour of France. The Count (in plus " quatres ") is handing over his log. 919 The route followed in the DunlopCup Tour of France. day morning, and lasted as faras Cannes, being much appre- ciated by the pilots. On makinga difficult landing at the latter airport, Paul Louis Richard andde Marolles, who were flying a Morane " Moth," damaged theirundercarriage, and were elimi- nated from the Tour. Twenty-one planes were thus left in the Contest, all of which continuedon to the end of the Tour. A strong " Mistral " (highwind from the neighbouring mountains) made thesection Cannes-Carcassone some- what lively for the pilots, but allthe planes arrived safely, although a number of penalisa-tions were incurred. More or less bad weather continued to beagain encountered from Carcas- sone to the end of the Tour. Up
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