The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-29
IbLERloT CROSSES
ENGLISH CHANNEL IN
HIS M0NopLANE
P1ucky Frenchman Gets $4,000
Prize and American Exhib-
it, Winning Machine.

Dover, July ES,-Thls sleepy seaport
town experienced the keenest thrill
known In Q generation, when al sunrise
yesterday morning q white winged.
5s.btrd-like machine. with loudly hum-
ming motor, swept out from the haze
~s0bAcurdng the sea toward tho distant
French coast and circling twice above
the chalky ellis OF Dover, aliEhted on
English roll.
a Eronchman, Louis Bleriot, portly
and red mustached, calmly descended
from the saddle, limping on q bandaged
sg3oot which had been burned in his pre-
AviOua overland Night. Immediately two
tcompatriots. who had been waving a
big trtcolored flag as a signal for the
landing place, fell upon him enthus-i
1asttcally embracing and pounding hlm
on the back.
They, with q few soldiers and others
who happened to chance on the scene,
Were the only persons to witness the
performance Of q remarkable feat.
Rleriot left Les Baraques. three miles
Ron Calais, about 1880 q. N. on one
Q tho smallest mOnOplanes yer used.
II crossed the channel in a little less
than half an hour, twice al swiftly as
the fastest mailboat. His speed aver
agedsm more than 46 miles an hour: some-
times II appro1imated 60 miles. He
Kept about $50 feet above the sea level
and for 10 minutes while about mid
~ VA 0OSAA NO06S0
and the French torpedoboat destroyer,
which followed him with his wife and
friends aboard. The wind was blowing
about 70 miles an hour and the sea
choppy. The aviator wa swathed with
2 single sarment Of drilling impervious
top Of his head to his feet. only his
Hface showing. He wore also q cork
HE swing belt.
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Washington. D. c., July 2s.-On the
Of making an aeroplane flight, in-,
syolving - great, if not greater, dangers
than Bler1ot risked in crossing the Eng,
!lish channel early yesterday, Orviile
Wright expressed great pleasure when
ne learned OF the success OF the French.
man.
ssh have said All along that Bler1ot
would BE the hrst to make the night
b channel once he decided to
a1teInpt@!t" said Wright. 1T wal .
London. July a.-L0uis Bleriot. the
sErenchmAn, who made history by n.y.
ItnG acsoss the English channel from
Baraques to Dover. a. distance Of
x1s milee In 9 little less than half an
1odr. ald8hi Amous little m~onoplane,
;60th reached London this morning, the
to receive IS, 600 and the latter
h6sp1Aced on exhibition TO the dnan.
sc3al adyanta9e OF both q London hoe-
IrltG1SainHdsst the .enterpriein9 proprietor of
tho only American department sfore
hSsa 800
TN is finding hero worshin |
more tfying than the strain 81
n~axdgeting the air.
ovationNawaated the aviator In
london. his compatriots -hayine rath-
800 "a Victoria stattonin huGe numn-
sbeffa.ss@aWfthSt enc help Sc the police. ia
s6nAIly&2 succeeded In 9etfing away an6.
reached his hotel, where he was pre-
seated with the cheek at ! .luncheon
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