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1933
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FLIGHT, AUGUST 3, 1933 THE UNION OF "PILOTES CIVILS" TOUR OF FRANCE THE EIGHTH LAP : The departure of several Farman type 351 planes (Renault or " Gipsy ") from the La Baule. /Otr- HE departure of the Tour from Orly Airport on **** IJI Friday, July 21, last, together with its itinerary III was described in last week's issue of FLIGHT, when some 57 tourist planes " took off," in addition to the official, and several other machines accom panying them. The first stage of the Tour terminated that afternoon at Dijon, where a large banquet was held, presided over by M. Gaston Gerard, former Under-Secre tary of State for Tourism. This first stage was uneventful, and all of the planes arrived in time. Owing to the cloudy weather prevailing on the Saturday morning, the departure from Dijon was delayed somewhat, one plane experiencing some slight engine trouble, but 56 machines took off for the next lap of the Tour, which terminated at Cannes. Two " bag-dropping " con tests were scheduled for this lap, one at Beaune and another at Roane, towns situated along the route. Just before arriving at Saint Etienne, mid-point of this section, where an official luncheon awaited them, the tourists encountered a violent thunderstorm, which delayed them somewhat, but 54 planes arrived that afternoon at Cannes. The following day, Sunday, was scheduled as a, day of rest, and the airmen remained at Cannes, where a number of entertainments were given in their honour. The next day (Monday), Cannes-Perpignan, was uneventful, with the exception that two of the planes damaged their landing gears slightly and two had some engine troubles, but several of them rejoined the Tour later on. A " bag- dropping " contest was also held at Nice during this lap. An unfortunate accident occurred the next day (Tues day) on the section Perpignan-Biarritz. At about 1,500 ft. from the aerodrome of the latter place, a Farman plane, type 201, piloted by Marcel Langlois, the winner of the recent " 12 Hours of Angers," while flying at a height of about 250 ft., attempted to make a banked turn in order to land at the airport. The machine side-slipped, stalled and crashed and then caught fire, fatally burning both the pilot and his passenger—Adjutant Delange. The following day (Wednesday) at Biarritz was also scheduled as a day of rest, and owing to the sad accident all official functions was cancelled. The next section of the Tour (Thursday) carried the tourists to la Baule, where they were greeted by the Air Minister, M. Pierre Cot, accompanied by Sadi Lecointe, the Vice-President, and Dieudonne Costes, the honorary Vice-President of the " Pilotes Civils." A monument was inaugurated at la Baule during the afternoon to the pilot Georges Morin, a resident of that town, who was killed recently while making a test flight in a new plane. The following dav (Friday) the tourists accompanied the Air Minister to Rennes, where he inaugurated the new airport of that city. From there they flew to Deauville, where the Deauville Aviation Club gave them a luncheon on the beach. Several planes that had met with slight mishaps rejoined their comrades at this point, thus making 52 machines to take part in the finish of the Tour. The tourists were met at Deauville by four Belgian machines, piloted, respectively, by de Keyn, Lucq, Dupon and Havet, who arrived to escort them on the last two sections that will take them to Brussels on Saturday and from Brussels to the Buc (Versailles) aerodrome on Sunday where the Tour will officially terminate. R. C. W. EN ROUTE : An aerial view of St. Malo taken during one of the last sections of the Tour. 7F8
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