-----------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------+ | ~GRANDJEAN.~ | ~TADDEOLI.~ | ~WETTERWALD.~ | Model and date. | Hydro-monoplane. | Monoplane. | Monoplane. | | ~1911-12.~ | ~1911-12.~ | ~1912.~ | -----------------------------+------------------ +-----------------+------------------+ ~Length~ feet (m.)| 33 (10) | 19-3/4 (6) | 24-1/2 (7.50) | ~Span~ feet (m.)| 33 (10) | 29-1/2 (9) | 33 (10) | ~Area~ sq. feet (m squared.)| 191 (18) | 151 (14) | 215 (20) | { total lbs. (kgs.)| 750 (340) | 880 (400) | 705 (320) | ~Weight~ { | | | | {useful, lbs. (kgs.)| 310 (140) | 330 (150) | ... | ~Motor~ h.p.| 50 Oerlikon | 50 Gnome | 40 E.N.V. | {max. m.p.h. (km.)| 62 (100) | 69 (110) | ... | ~Speed~ { | | | | {min. m.p.h. (km.)| 56 (90) | ... | ... | Number built during 1912 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -----------------------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------------+ TURKISH. ~Army Aeroplanes.~ There is a military aerodrome at S. Stefano, with Amerigo, Renzel and Thanlau as instructors. In March, 1913, there were about 12 monoplanes (_Harlans & Reps_), and one or two biplanes. Only one seems actually to have been used. Several other aeroplanes were captured during the war--generally in their packing cases unopened. In April, 50 machines were reported ordered in Germany. ~AVIATORS.~ Military. Fessa, Bey (780, F.) Kienan, Lt. (797, F.) Nouri, Lt. Ratzian Refik, Capt. Sismanoglou, J. URUGUAY. ~Aeroplanes in the country.~ _None._ ~AVIATOR:~ Cameo, M. Garcia U.S.A. (Edited by E. L. JONES, Editor of "Aeronautics," U.S.A.) ~General Note.~--In the early nineties, Professor Langley and the Bros. Wright were experimenting with heavier-than-air machines, but general interest in the subject is quite recent. Though some small dirigibles exist, American attention is mainly devoted to aeroplanes. Ballooning was quite the thing in 1907-11, but has languished. It is stated that there are certainly no less than _two thousand_ people in the U. S. A. who have built flying machines. The greater percentage of these have been home-made copies of standard machines. Individual builders of copies and freaks have diminished greatly in numbers, and there remains a few well-established manufacturers.