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IfitGHT] Entries or Monaco. THE entry list for the hydro-aeroplane competitions at Monaco closed with a total of 26, including five Deperdussins, three Breguets, three Borels, two Henry Farmans, two Maurice Farmans, two Nieuports, two D'Artois, two Astras, and one each Bleriot, Morane- Sanlnier, Bossi, de Marcay, and Fokker. The Wright Patents. IT is announced from Berlin that another decision against the Wright German Patent, so far as it concerns the system of warping, was given in the Supreme Court of Leipzig on the 26th ult., but, by way of compensation, a report from New York states that the Supreme Court has given a decision in favour of the Wright Patent, and that the Company will now proceed against other American manufacturers for infringement. Fatalities In Germany. WHILE testing, on the 26th ult., a machine built by himself at Cologne, Werntgen fell from a height of 60 metres and received fatal injuries. On the same day at Mulhausen, a military biplane fell from a height of 60 metres. The pilot, Lieut. Linke, was slightly injured, but the passenger, a non-commissioned officer, died from his injuries. Kaiser Inspects Waterplanes. AFTER the launch of the latest " Dreadnought" at Wilhelms- haven on Saturday last, the Kaiser witnessed a couple of hydro aeroplanes, belonging to the German Navy, manoeuvring over and on the water for about half an hour. Flying from Paris to Milan. WITH the object of flying to Milan in two stages, Gilbert on his Rhone-engined Morane, and I^etort on a Sommer left Issy on Monday morning for Lyon, which was to be the stopping place for the day. The weather was, however, against the aviators, and Gilbert who was accompanied by a passenger, decided to land at Melan but Letort went on for some distance further. A Milan to Rome Trip. THE Russian aviator, Slavorosoff, arrived at Rome on his monoplane on the 3rd ult., having made the trip from Milan in three stages. He started from Mifan on February 26th, and after flying for two hours and fifty minutes arrived at San Rossore, by Pisa. His next stage was to Civita-Vecchia, about IOO kiloms. from Rome. Throughout the trip the pilot was greatly hampered by the bad weather. Farmans in Sahara Desert. ON the last days of February an escadrille of Farman biplanes succeeded in flying in company a greater part of the way from A. postcard received from Mr. Louis Noel from St. Morltr, where Mr. Noel has, since January 28th been making many flights over the lake. For weeks the weather was very bad, and sometimes he had* many dif Iculties with the dreadfully strong, icy gales. Otherwise, Mr. Noel says, the flying there is lovely. Our photograph was secured on February 21st. Note the hangar down below. 292 MARCH 8, 1913. Biskra to Tunis. Biskra was left on the morning of the 26th ult., and the first stage of 260 kiloms. to Tozeur was made in good time. On the following morning they completed the next stage of 180 kiloms to Gabes, and a similar distance flown in the afternoon took the pilots, who were each accompanied by a passenger, to- Sfax. On the 28th the journey was resumed, but some of the flyers, began to experience trouble. Lieut. Jolain had to land at Kairouan, while Lieut. Chentin, Reimbert and Sergeant Hurard stopped at Sousse, which is about 860 kiloms. from Biskra. On Saturday they restarted for Tunis, and were joined on the way by Lieut. Jolain, but the wind was very troublesome. Lieut. Reimbert had to stop at Grombalia, about 30 kiloms. short of Tunis. Lieut. Jolain was brought down at Bonficha and Sergeant Hurard at Enfidaville. ® ® ® ® AIRSHIP NEWS. A Mishap to British Airship. ON Thursday of last week, an experimental airship, made up of the spare envelope of the Beta and the car of the Willows Naval Airship, set out from Farnborough and cruised to Salisbury- Plain. On the return journey engine trouble was experienced, and in trying to effect a landing near Ash, the dirigible carried away some telegraph wire. Eventually the envelope was deflated, packed up on a motor lorry and returned to the R. A.F. The New Dirigibles for France. IT is stated that of the seven dirigibles which have been ordered by the French Government, two will be built by the Clement firm, two by the Astra Company, two by the Zodiac works and the other by the Army Factory at Chalais Meudon. They will each be of 20,000 cubic metres capacity, have a speed of 75 k.p.h. and be capable of rising more than 2,000 metres. New German Air Stations. DURING the discussion in the Reichstag on the Navy Estimates on Saturday, the German Naval Minister, Admiral von Tirpitz, stated that negotiations were in progress regarding the establish ment of air stations at Wismar and Rostock. He also said that both aeroplanes and airships were receiving the closest attention of the Naval authorities. A Mishap with Naval Zeppelin. WHILE the Naval Zeppelin was being put into her shed at Johannisthal on the 26th ult. one of the four-bladed propellers was smashed against the shed. The Hansa Over Royal Visitors. WHEN the Danish King and Queen arrived in Berlin ore the 24th they had an aerial escort. With eighteen pas sengers on board, the Hansa left Pots dam at half-past two, and half an hour later was floating over the Lehrte station. The airship flying the Danish flag kept in front of the procession as far as the Castle and coming back met the procession again, and kept pace with it to the Brandeburg Gate. She was safely housed at 5.30 p.m. A Parseval for Russia. THE last day 01 February witnessed the first trials at Bit- terfeld of a new Par seval airship ordered by Russia. She is 80 metres long, has a cubic capacity of 10,000 cubic metres, and is fitted with. two 180-h.p. motors. Two similar airships- are being built for Italy, while the one for Great Britain, is. nearly complete.
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