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Show company with Lieut, Ficquant, at the 1 close of the meeting, left on a machine ma-chine for the camp where he Is eta-tlonod eta-tlonod The only American competitor, com-petitor, Weymann, while he did not win a prize, madc a good showing. GHENT, July 10. Daniel Klnet, the Beljdan aviator, was seriously hurt today while making a flight. The rudder of his machine broke when he was at a considerable height and the aeroplnae turned several times, dropping like a stone In a wheat field, Klnet holds the world's record for an aeroplane flight with a passenger, which he made at Mourmelon on May 15, when he remained In the air two hours and 51 minutes. AVIATORS MAKE SPEED RECORDS BETHANY PLAIN, Rhmeis, France. July 10 The international meeting of aviators at which new records for height, distances, speed and time were bet, closed today. Tho meeting was a triumph for monoplanes, which made all the records and carried off the majority of the prices. Thn ovncrl. ,.1 aU- l .. -V uvtiuro uie iiioai im portant achievement was the record made by Leon Morane, who yesterday yester-day attained a speed of 10G kilometers kilomet-ers (63. D3 miles) an hour. They believe that this will be followed soon by a speed of 180 kilometers. At such a speed aeroplanes would be little affected by the wind. Tho movement is in sight, they think, when travel by aeroplanes will be safe and twice as fast aa by train. The distance and duration records es-tablighed es-tablighed by M. Laboucherc yesterday, yester-day, 340 kilometers (211.14 miles) In four hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds sec-onds were broken todav by Olleslag-ers, Olleslag-ers, who made a beautiful flight of 393 kilometers (244.44 biles) in five hours, 31 minutes and five seconds. On landing OlieElogers was handed hand-ed a telegram of congratulation from the king of Belgians. Morane, who covered five kilos (30.10 milos) yesterday yes-terday in two minutes, 56 seconds, and ten kilometers In five minutes and 47 seconds, succeeded In bettering better-ing these records today, covering tho five kilometers In two minutes and 53 seconds and the ten in five minutes min-utes and 42 seconds. He also carried off tho speed prlre for 20 kilometers (12 44 miles) In 12 minutes and 45 seconds. The cross-country prize, over a 22 kilometer course, was won by Wagner Wag-ner in a monoplane. The officer's prize for a flight of 50 kilometers went to Lieut. Camerman. He, In |