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Bleriot to the Borel being five miles. The area of the smallest of these fields, the R. E. P., is more than a mile square and the largest, the Bleriot, one by two miles. They are composed of level meadow land, affording an opportunity for a machine to land or rise in any direction and at any place. The surrounding country is slightly rolling, cultivated and interspersed with small clumps of trees, affording excellent conditions for cross country flying.

      4. The weather conditions are very good during the spring, summer and fall. The winters, as a rule, are sufficiently mild to allow instruction and flying to be carried on during the entire year; for this reason the schools are not moved south during the winter months. The winter climate is damp, and during the months of December and January subject to early morning fogs. The sunshine is hazy. Due to this condition, the large "up and down trends" encountered under adverse weather conditions in this country, do not prevail.

      5. The Bleriot school as regards its buildings and equipment is one of the most complete in France. The aeroplane sheds are of brick and concrete,with sufficient space to house 75 monoplanes. Two workshops, one for the repair of motors and assembling, the other for wood work and the recovering of wings, allow all repairs to be made on the field. A large grand-stand and hotel provide accomodations for the populace when special flights are held.

       The school equipment consists of three "taxi penguins", so constructed so that they cannot leave the ground, being used for the sole purpose of teaching the use of the vertical and horizon-