GREAT AERO FEAT.I

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1846, 4 September 1913, Page 7

GREAT AERO FEAT.I

j) PEGOUD'S TOPSY-TURVY DROP FROM THE CLOUDS. A THRILLING SPECTACLE. SUCCESS OF BLERIOT'S NEW STABILISER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Paris, September 2. M. Pegond repeated tho performanco of looping tho loop, in tho presence of the French Military Aviation Committee, using the now 131criot monoplano with the inventor's patent "stabiliser," and securoly strappod to tho macliino, lie ascended till the machine was lost in tho clouds, and then descended vertically, with tho tail of tho macliino in tho air at tcrrifio speed, till ho was fivo hundred metres from tho ground. Then head downwards, and with the wheels of tho machine in tho air lio shot forward for twenty seconds, after which tho aoroplano resumed its normal position. M. Pogoud brought it to tho ground after somo indescribable tops3'turvey evolutions. Tho aviator, on landing, was treated to a great ovation. M. Bloriot states that M. Pegoud's feat was in nowiso an acrobatic ono, but of the highest scientific value. M. bleriot is certain that he can build a non-capsizablo monoplane as safo as a lifeboat. ARMY AIRMEN'S FLIGHT TO IRELAND. London, September 2. Six army aeroplanes stationed in Scotland flow across to tho Irish Army manoeuvres. Four reached a point in County Limerick. The length of tho flight varied from 215 to 375 miles. Two of tho aeroplanes wero delayed by accidents. ON,FIRE IN MID-AIR., Paris, September 2. Naval Lieutenant Lefranee was biplaning at Rlieims with Lieutenant Lofebvro's wifo as a passenger, when the machine capsized through tho petrol becoming ablaze. Both wero severely burnt. / ' SANTOS-DUMONT'S RETURN. . Paris, September 2. M. Santos-Dumont, tho distinguished pioneer of dirigible air-craft construction, has decided to rosumo flying.