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lery and Cavalry; and a biplane equipped with a 50 H.P. Gnome. The biplane was practically a direct copy of the Farman with the exception of the landing gear, and the use of steel tubing in the uprights, spars and braces. It had not been used enough to form a comparison with the Farman. The monoplanes, with the exception of the monocoque, were the same type as those that have been in use during the past year/ The monocoque had been used solely on the Bleriot field. I saw this machine in flight and it seemed very unsteady fore and aft. This was probably due to the fact that the fuselage is short in comparison to the width. With the exception of the biplane mentioned above, very little mental is used in the construction.

The Morane Saulnier Co. exhibited a single seat military machine equipped with a 60 H.P.Gnome motor; a two seat military equipped with an 80 H.P. LeRhone; and a two place military of the Parasol type, equipped with the 80 H.P. LeRhone. These machines were the most graceful, and the prettiest of any exhibited. The materials used in the construction were about equally divided between metal and wood.

The Nieuport firm exhibited a single seat 50 H.P. Gnome, military; a two-place military, 80H.P. Gnome; a two-place military, 160 H.P.Gnome, which had the motor and seats protected by armor, and carried a machine gun placed in the fuselage between the seats, the latter being in tandem; a Dunne-Nieuport biplane equipped with an 80 H.P. Gnome motor. Practically the only change made in this machine since the death of Nieuport has been the adoption of the Morane Saulnier landing gear. The machine is not so popular as either the Bleriot, Morane or R.E.P. I am informed that the reason a similar control to that used on all other monoplanes is not adopted is due to the stiffness of the wings. The