RENARD (Commandant Paul), 41 Rue Madame, Paris. Born 1854. Officer Leg. d'Hon. Brother of late Col. Renard, with whom he worked. Vice-President, _Ligue Nat. Aerienne_. Professor _Ecole Sup. d'Aeronautique_. Has written a good deal on aerial subjects. RENAUX. Did 12 hours 12 minutes on a _M. Farman_, 7th August, 1911. (690 k.m.) Won the Quentin Bauchart Prize, 1911. RENAUX. French aviator. Winner of the Grand Prix Michelin, March, 1911, Paris, to top of the Puy de Dome. Machine, _Maurice Farman_. RICHET. French patron of early aviation experiments, 1896. Tatin built a large model machine for him in those days, which after a 150 yard flight fell into the sea and was lost. RIDGE (Theodore). Assistant Superintendent of the Army Aircraft Factory. Killed on August 21st, 1911. ROBINSON (Hugh). Well-known U.S.A. aviator. ROBL (_late_ Thaddeus). German aviator. Killed on a _Farman_, 1910, through attempting to fly in unpropitious weather in order to allay the complaints of sightseers. Has been designated the "first martyr of aviation"--not without some cause. RODGERS (C. P.) U.S.A. aviator. _Wright._ In September-October, 1911, he flew across America, distance 4,321 miles. He started to win the Hirst prize of L10,000, but having taken longer than 30 days was disqualified. ROE (A. V.) Clifton St., Miles Platting, Manchester. Was the first man to fly in England, and also the first to fly an all-British machine. Is a persistent experimenter on original lines. Has flown with as little as 9 h.p. in one of his triplanes. Now builds mono. and biplanes (_Avro_). ROEHRIG (B. F.) U.S.A. aviator. Obtained wide reputation with _Curtiss_ types on Pacific Coast. ROGER, 8 Rue Grange-Bateliere, Paris. Founder and editor of _Revue de l'Aviation_. ROGUES (General). French Army. Inspector General Military Aeronautics, 1911. ROLLS (_late_ Hon. C.) Well-known British sportsman, motorist, and aviator. First Englishman to order an aeroplane--a _Wright_. Flew the Channel both ways early in 1910 (first record). Killed at Bournemouth, July, 1910, in a _Wright_. RUCK (Major-General), C.B., R.E. Chairman of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain. RUSSIJAN. Austrian aviator. Killed January 9th, 1911. SALMET (Henri). French. Born 1878. Made British height record, 8,070 feet, November, 1911. Made record London-Paris flight, March, 1912. Time: 3 hours, 14 minutes. SAMPSON (Lieut.) British Navy. On August 17th, 1911, made British flight duration record to date, 4 hours 58-1/2 minutes, at Eastchurch on a _Short_ 38. Now Acting-Commander. Employed by Naval Wing, R.F.C. SAMUELSON (Arnold), Hamburg Waterworks, Germany. Born 1837. Writer on aerial matters.