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At Bucmar, Paris, M. Farman is now carrying passengers, one at a time, in his latest aeroplane. For the present he has one tariff and one route for aerial excursions. For two hundred francs (£8) the passenger is taken, either by the constructor himself or by his chief pilot, for a circular flight of six or seven kilometres, giving glimpses of, the surrounding villages. The trip takes about ten minutes to complete. The seat is roomy, and M. Farman says .he lias never known an IIiUiViUIKU LU »;C 11VJL VULI'J. a»v.ivu .jj., j. »ju* o his intention is to take larger trips, say to Blois, Nantes, Orleans, and other places, at a tariff to be fixed. How the invention announced the other day of a seven-seated aeroplane will affect the project it is hard to say*

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Progress, Volume VI, Issue 5, 1 March 1911, Page 584

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Untitled Progress, Volume VI, Issue 5, 1 March 1911, Page 584

Untitled Progress, Volume VI, Issue 5, 1 March 1911, Page 584

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