───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Wright biplanes 5 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Blériot monoplanes 4 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── H. Farman biplanes 11 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── M. Farman biplanes 4 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Breguet biplanes 2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Sommer biplanes 4 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Antoinette monoplanes 2 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── To pilot these thirty-two aeroplanes, there were, at this time, thirty-four fully-qualified military airmen. The activity which prevailed, at the end of 1910, among the aeroplane manufacturers in France, is revealed in the report of one well-known maker, Mr Henry Farman. He stated, on 6th December, 1910, that he had received orders for military machines as follows:— ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── French Government 35 aeroplanes ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Russian " 20 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Spanish " 3 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Italian " 2 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Belgian " 1 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Japanese " 1 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── British " 1 " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The commanding position of France, in this one list, as compared with the single order of Great Britain, forms an illustration of the attitude of the two countries, at this time, towards military airmanship. At M. Blériot’s flying school at Pau, early in February, 1911, the French Government had more than twenty officers learning to become airmen. No more striking indication could be found of the determination of this country to be in the forefront in aviation.