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IfjlQHT FOREIGN AVI More Nieuports for Russia. ON the 9th inst, at Mourmelon, before some Russian military officers, Helen and Espanet put six two-seated 50-h.p. Nieuports through tXudr jjaces before delivery. Gliding, landing, and rising tests were carried owt successfully, and during the last-mentioned test the machines rose at the rate of 300 metises in four minutes with a useful load of 215 kilogs. Vedrines at Practice. BY way of practice and tuning-up his Deperdussin machine, in view of his attack on the speed records, Vedrines was flying for a couple of hours on the gth inst., and also on the 1 ith he made several rounds of the course at a very high speed, according to unofficial timing 142 k.p.h. On the 13th he was busy carrying passengers, and during the morning took up no less than thirty-five. Which Army are they For? ON the loth inst., Prevost at Issy was testing a couple of military Deperdussins which it was stated had been ordered by a foreign Government, although the name could not be given. They easily climbed 500 metres in eight minutes and Prevost afterwards carried a passenger over Paris on one of them. Another Quartette oF M. Farmans for French Army. ON the 10th inst., Lieuts. Battini, Lucca, Binda, and Leclerc attended at the Maurice Farman Works at Buc, to take delivery of four more Maurice Farman machines. After having obtained his machine, each officer flew it back par la vote des airs to the military aerodrome at St. Cyr. At the Ble'riot Military School at Pau. ON the 10th inst., Capt. Casse was flying for an hour and a half on his Bleriot-Gnome at the Bleriot Military School at Pau, and Lieut. Malherbe flew over to see a meet of the hounds at Ger. After wards he accompanied Capt. Bellenger on a two-seated Bleriot for a jaunt along the valley of the Gave, and E. Giraud went from Pau to Dax and back covering the distance of about 100 kilometres in an hour. On the nth inst., Lieut. Malherbe went from Pau to Puyoo and back, while Deneau returned from Tarbes. A Telller at St. Omer. FLYING one of the old Tellier machines fitted with a Chenu motor, Marc Pourpe was up for over an hour on the 10th inst., at the Bruyeires Aerodrome at St. Omer and was also up on the next day. Vidart at Amberieu. ON the 10th inst. Vidart who is in charge of the Deperdussin School at Amberieu, was flying there for over four hours, during which he flew over the villages of Douvres, Ambronay, Jujurieux and Pont d'Ain. He also flew over Amberieu, circling round the Clock Tower eight times and concluded his performance by a flight in the twilight. Frey Flying for an Hour. AT Villacoublay on the nth inst. Andre Frey was flying for over an hour on a Gnome-Morane, and in coming down from a height of a thousand metres demonstrated the splendid gliding qualities of this machine. Brlndejonc des Moulinais Flies High. ON the 12th inst., at Pau, Brindejonc des Moulinais was practising high flying on his Morane-Saulnier monoplane, and suc ceeded in getting up to a height of 2,200 metres, while on Sunday he improved on this by climbing up to 3,150 metres, which is getting close to the record. A Deperdussin at Nice. ON the 12th inst. a Deperdussin monoplane, piloted by Laurens, was seen flying over the Bay of Anges at Nice, and after passing along the jetty and turning above the promenade he returned to the California Aerodrome. A Collision at Issy. AFTER making his tests for his certificate on a biplane, Rugere was involved in a rare accident at Issy on Sunday. Rugere started his biplane at practically the same time as Hanouille set out OH a monoplane. After they had progressed some distance along the ground the monoplane turned towards the path of the other machine, the pilot of which immediately endeavoured to rise so as to avoid JANUARY 20, 1912. complications. He was, however, too late, and one of the wheels of the biplane caught the monoplane, and caused it to turn over. M. Hanouille was thrown out and seriously injured, but Rugere escaped practically unhurt. Fatal Accident to Ruchonnet. FOR some time Eugene Ruchonnet, who learnt to fly an Antoinette nearly two years ago, has been practising at the La Vidamee aerodrome, near Senlis, with a machine of his own construction, which was known locally as the " Ruchonnet Cigar." He made many successful flights on the 12th inst., and in the afternoon after flying around the aerodrome several times started off at a good speed for a cross-country trip. Soon after leaving the aerodrome, however, the machine commenced to come down despite all efforts of the pilot to make it rise, and from a height of 80 metres it fell to the ground at St. Nicholas. The pilot was crushed beneath the machine, and although a doctor arrived almost immediately the unfortunate man was already dead. Death of Le Lasseur de Ranzay. THAT aviators are but mortal and subject to the ills that flesh is heir to was once again mournfully emphasized on the loth inst., with the passing of Le Lasseur de Ranzay. This well known Bleriot pilot had volunteered for service with the Italian Army at Tripoli; but while making his preparations at Florence was struck down by typhoid fever, which was the cause of his death. He took part in the Paris-Madrid race, the Circuit European, and won the Spanish race from Valence to Alicante and back, while it will be fresh in the memory of our readers that he was successful recently in flying across the Apennines. Toulon Aviation Meeting Profits. As a result of the Toulon Aviation Meet, a sum of 3,087 francs has been raised for the benefit of the dependents of the victims of the Liberte disaster. It is proposed to arrange another meeting for the benefit of this fund, and incidentally it is hoped that it will result in the founding of a permanent aerodrome at Toulon. The Michelin Target Prizes. THE Aero Club of France has fixed Sunday, February 4th, and Sunday, February nth, as the dates for first contests for the Michelin, Target prizes, which are to take place at Chalons Camp. Entries for the first date close on January 29th, and for the second test on February 5th. Busson at a Fox Hunt. IT is becoming quite popular with the aviators at Pau to attend the meets of the hounds, and on Saturday last Busson on his Deper dussin monoplane followed the Pau foxhounds for three-quarters of an hour, and from a height of 600 ft. witnessed every incident of the chase of Master Reynard. British Officers at Buc. ON Monday, Col. W. E. Fairholme, British Military Attache,, and Capt. Brooke-Popham, paid a visit to the R.E.P. works at Buc, being shown round by Commandant Voyer. Unfortunately the fog prevented any flying, but the British officers spent a long time studying the design and construction of the R.E.P. machines. French Army has Ten more H. Farmans. A FRENCH Military Commission attended at Mourmelon on Monday last in order to witness tests with ten military Henry Farman machines, delivery of which was afterwards accepted. One of them fitted with a 70-h.p. engine and piloted by Fischer, with a full load and one passenger rose to a height of 1,000 metres in 13 minutes. Another French Superior Certificate Won. ON his Deperdussin monoplane, Lieut. Boncour successfully made the third cross-country flight for his superior military certificate on Monday, flying over a course from Rheims to Vitry-le-Francois and back. Hydro-Aeroplanes at Monaco. OWING to there being no suitable landing place, it is practically impossible for much flying to be done at Monaco, except over the sea, and a fillip should be given to the hydro-aeroplane movement by the three prizes, aggregating 15,000 francs, offered by the Inter national Sporting Club for a competition to be held there during the last week in March. The contest will comprise six tests—(a) starting from calm water and going round a course of 45 kiloms. in the bay ; 62
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