Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-08-06
BLERIOFS SGREATFEAT
French heronau's Own Story OF
Flight Over English Channel.
DROPPED CRUTCRES TO DO 1T.

DP0PpED cRHTrpEc IN mil
Daring Aviator Lost His Way In the
Air-Ten Minutes Out Of SIGHT Of
Land, With No Guide but Machines
pirsetion--Out5ist,r Swift Tor.
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NJ. Louis Blcriot, one of the pioneers
In French aviation, who recently cross
I'd the English channel in his small
monoplaue from Les E1rauues. near
/ Calais France r, th.. N,rtb FnraIonJ /
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lows:
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July -, and, finding that the cond-
tioqs were favorable. ordered the tor.
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ci, NV night .taodr ond s,,ro toward
tha coast of rnolana ! hara M ON.
nrnhensions M sonso,,io, ms sn tnnt
NOT ot all
.,rha EScorntto tas so,n mo Sho
is DRIVING obnad nj fuu snaod Sba
makes nnrhons f,rtv-t,vo kiInnetors
0wenty-siX niles an hour. What mat
tiers itf | am making ut least sixty
eight kilometers tower forty-two niles.
Rapidly | ovcrtake fcr, travelling at Il
height Of eighty meters eco feet. Be
low me Is the surface Of the sea, dis
turhed by the wind, which is now
freShcnIng, The motion Of the waves
beneath me is not pleasant, drive on,
Lost Fer Ten Minutes.
"Ten minutes are gone. | have
passed the DESTROYER, ana tnrp nv
head to sec whether am nrocendinp
in the right direction. am amazed
There is nothing to be seen. neither
the torpedo boat DESTROYER nor France
nor England. | am alone. | can see
nothing at all. For ten minutes | am
lost 1t is a strange position to be in,
alone, guided without n compass in
the air over the middle of the chan
mel. | touch nothing My hands and
feet rest lightly on the levers. let the
aeroplane take its own course. | care
not whittier 1t goes
Sees Enol.nd,s c,;4s
"Eor "A, n,i,u,os oa,,tinro o,.,o
RISING por f,ll,no r,r ,,,,,,i,,, ana
tban twnntr ,,i,,,tns oft,,. Lnra ,at.
thu Eronch ono,t son oron, ai,s,
and Dover castle and away to the
west the spot where | had intended to
land
What can do? 1t is evident the
wind has taken me out of my course.
| am almost Mt st Margaret's bay.
going in the direction of Goodwin
sands.
Now 1t is time to attend to the
steering, | press lever with my foot
and turn easily toward the west, re-
versing the direction in which | am
! travelling Now am in difficulties.
for the wind here by the cliffs is much