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1932
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FLIGHT, JUNE 3, 1932 PRIVATE FLYING & GLIDING THE "UNION DES PILOTES CIVILS" MEETING, ORLY FAVOURED with fairly good weather at the beginning but with continual showers prevailing during the second day, the Eighth Annual Meeting of the " Union des Pilotes Civils " (Civil Pilots' Associa tion) took place at the Orly Airport (Paris suburb) on Sunday and Monday, May 15 and 16 last. It was the first important aviation meeting held in France this season, and it also took on an additional interest as the " National Aviation Days," the large meeting which has been held at Vincennes during the Whitsuntide holidays for the past several years, under the auspices of the Aero Club of France, was omitted this year. The proceeds of this Civil Pilots' Association Orly meet ing were turned over to their Accident Insurance Fund for disabled airmen. Many of the leading French pilots volun teered their services and a number of well-known planes that have recently made long-distance or other records were present. Prizes for the various events were also awarded by leading houses in the aeronautical trade. Th<- programme was a varied one and included interest ing exhibitions of gliding, stunt flying, landing competi tions, balloon bursting, live parachute drops, aerial trapeze exhibitions and a handicap race to Chartres and return, a distance of about 95 miles. Some 60 planes of different types and sizes were ranged in front of the grand stand. The first event was an altitude contest for gliders in which Capt. Remy and George Abrial, a Service Technique gliding expert, participated. As the Orly field is per fectly flat, the gliders were launched by means of a motor car winch gear. Capt. Remy attained some 400 ft. and Abrial 375 ft. before casting off the cables. The glider used was a school machine used in instructing the members of the Avia Gliding Club, of Paris. In the next event, Capt. Remy, flying a light tourist Caudron biplane, C.60, gave a demonstration of towing a glider—a German glider of the Kassel type, piloted by George Abrial, who remained in the air for 7 min. 15 sec. It is interesting to note that Capt. Remy recently towed Abrial, in this same Kassel glider, over Paris, which was the first demonstration of its kind accomplished in France. The landing ccmpetitions then followed. Pilots were required to " cut off " their motors in the air and glide to the ground, coming to a stop as near a given mark as possible. Both professional and amateur pilots partici pated in this event, which resulted as follows: — Professional Pilots.—Detroyat, Morane " Parasol " (230-h.p. Salmson), 32 ft. 6 in. ; Lemoine, Potez 36 (95-h.p. Salmson), 43 ft. ; Storm, Morane " Parasol " (230-h.p. Salmson), 50 ft. Amateur Pilots.—Count de Montigny, Morane " Moth " (85-h.p. Gipsy), 75 ft. ; de Lamaze, Guerchais (95-h.p. Renault), 130 ft. PERSONALITIES AT ORLY : From left to right. Maurice Rossi, Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour, and Lucien Bossoutrot. In the afternoon of both days, Marcel Doret, flying his Dewoitine D.27 plane (500-h.p. Hispano Suiza), and Michel Detroyat on his Morane 321 (Gnome & Rhone K.7) gave their usual clever exhibitions of stunt flying ; both these pilots were in splendid form and showed that they were none the worse for their last year's accidents. Louis Massote on his new Bleriot " Jockey " 917 (500-h.p. Hispano Suiza), George Cavalli on his Gordou Leseure (180-h.p. Hispano) and Rene Paulhan flying his Nieuport (240-h.p. Lorraine) also performed interesting feats. Several parachutists made jumps from altitudes of about 1,400 ft. and the trapezist, George Vassard, gave a remarkable exhibition of gymnastics on a horizontal bar attached to the under side of a Caudron biplane piloted by Maurice Finat. Among these stunts Vassard, while suspended by his feet, head downwards from the bar, almost touched the ground as the plane flew low in front of the grand stand. Four well-known French aviatrixes made exhibition flights around the aerodrome on both days. Maryse Hiltz, who recently returned from her flight to Madagascar, flew her Fannan 190 plane (230-h.p. Gnome & Rhone " Titan "), and Maryse Bastie her Klemm monoplane (40-h.p. Salmson). Adrienne Boland encircled the field in a Morane " Parasol " plane (230-h.p. Salmson), as did Helene Boucher in her Morane " Moth " (85-h.p. Gipsy). THREE INTERESTING MACHINES AT ORLY : Top, the Bleriot Channel type monoplane as used by Bleriot in his Channel flight of 1909. Left, Codos and Robida's Paris-Saigon record Breguet 27. Right, the " Marcel Lalouette " Fannan 190 used by Goulette and Salel in their Paris-Cape flight. 487 D 2
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