Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-27
Famous Aviator Finds Hero Wor-
ship Much More Trying to En-
dure Than Strain of Navigating
the Air.
"BLERIoT FEVER" SEEMS
TO SEIZE LARGE PART
OF LONDON PoPULACE
Machine Frenchman Used to
Gross Channel So Small it Looks
Like Large Toy Rather Than
Practical Flyer.


Frenchman. who made history by flying
across the English channel from Les
BaraQues TO Dover, q distance OF q miles.
In the remarkable time OF little less than
half an hour, and his famous little mon
splane, both reached London this morn
mg. the former to receive the monetary
fruits OF his achievement in the shape Of
q check for $500. and the latter to be
placed on exhibition 10 the financial ad-
vantage Of both a London hospital and
ths snterprising proprietor OF the only
American department store here.
The. famous aviator Is finding hero wor-
shlp much more trying to endure than
the strain OF navigating the afr. Remark
able scenes were again witnessed al
Dover this morning when NJ Bleriot re-
turned there 70 attend a civil reception
In his honor. The Frenchman was mob
bed BY the enormous crowds and the
Police had TO come TO his protection, so
eager were the enthusiasts TO greet him
at close quarters.
OVATION AT LONDON.
similar ovation awaited the aviator
at London, his compatriots having gath
cred at victoria station In huge num-
bers With the help OF the police he hnal-
ly succeeded in getting away and reached
his hotel. where he was presented with
the check al g luncheon party.
'.BIeriot fever seems 10 have seized
large part OF the populace OF London
Those unable 70 see the flyer himself
have been besieging the store where the
compact little monopIane Is installed In
q department store among other travelling
requisites. the machine being so small.
Il looks like large toy rather than the
practical flyer which enabled It's dar-
ing manipulation TO carry out his epochal
feat
Numerous honors and medals are await
ing n BIeriot on this side Of the channel,
the principal prize being gold cup Offer
ed BY BaptaIn Wyndham for the first
flight across the English channel. The
cup will be presented TO the French avia-
tor az the AeropIane club dinner. Au-
gust >.
MEDICATION FOR MoNoPLANE.
Aeronauticai experts here regard NJ.
Bieriot'g feat as a vindication for the
monoplane type OF machine over the bi-
plane. The Frenchman's machine carries
Q greater weight In proportion TO its
plane surface than any other type, which
fact IS considered q great advantage. Ex-
perts declare that the greater the sur
face the bI-plane offers to the wind would
have tended 20 make one turn turtle on
eneountering the aerial whirlpool which
troubled Bleriot so greatly.
Feat of Bleriot Scares Britain.
LONDON, July H-The london news
papers publish editorials on Pleriot's feat.
A new point brought out is its striking
appeal TO the Imagination Of Englishmen
that Great Britain's insular strength is
no longer unchallenged. that the aero
plane Is not q toy. but possible instru-
ment OF warfare which must be taken
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and that II was the one thing needed to
wake up the English people 20 the i'm
portance Of the science OF aviation. Ac-
eording to the statement made 10 one of
the newspaper correspondents, Bleriot
has practically decided TO abandon avia-
ton In the near future. He said:
IT have I'VE children and I promised
my wife that my coming attempt at the
Rheims races shall be my last flight
Replying to a question as 70 whether
Il would have been possible to cross the
channel in a bi-plane. BIeriot said en-
phaticaIly that Il would not. because the
Increased surface Of the planes could new
er have withstood such wind as he ex-
perienced-
French Newspapers
Are Proud Of Bleriot
PARIS, July 2s-The French newspa-
pers view with satisfaction the fact that q
Frenchman was the first to cross the
channel The Temps considers the date
historic. and says that II will leave its
ineffaceable mark In the annals OF the
science Of civilization
The Temps recalls that a Frenchman.
Blanchard. IN I7S5, was the first TO cross
the channel In q balloon, and adds:
France the fatherland Of the first
aeronaut. MOntgoIlier. has constantly led
the world IN aerial navigation and in a
number OF other sciences In which the
achievements Of great men show the
world that France Is neither finished nor
decadent."