The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-26
HONoRS AND MEDALS AWAIT
FRENCH AERONAUT
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there were Col Capper, head of the
aeronautical work of the army Sir
Edward Grey, secretary for foreign af-
fairs. and Lieut., Gen. Sir Arthur Pa
get Lieut.. E. n Shackleton, who re-
Gently returned from an expedition to
the Antarctic, and Sir Thomas Upton
also were present.
When Nj. Bleriot arrived. Mr. Hal
dane was the first to felicitate him
Speaking In French. the secretary of
war congratulated the aviator on his
magnificent success. which. be said,
would give him a place in history all
by itself az TO have crossed the Eng
lish channel was an event marking Il
new era You did it with wonderful
ease" added MI Haldanc, "but you
had great courage"
NJ. Bleriot managed TO get out
broken accented thank you" but
made no further attempt to speak In
English Speaking his mother tongue.
he attributed his success to an i'm
mense amount of preliminary work.
and said he was profoundly touched by
the warmth of his welcome, which he
thought was quite out of proportion
TO what he had accomplished
"All | had TO do" he said, was to
leave Calais on my left and make for
Dover on my right
NJ. Bleriot was handed the one thou
sand pounds In bank notes in a splen-
did silver cup.
Ii was announced at the luncheon
that the Aero Club of Great Britain
had decided 10 present NJ Bleriot with
a gold medal similar to the one con
ferred on Wilbur and Orville Wright,
the American aeroplanists, in London
last Nav.
"Bleriot fever" seems to have seiz.
ed a large part of the populace OF
London. Those unable to see the fly
er himself have been besieging the
store where the compact little mono
plane Is installed among other travel
ing requisites, the machine being so
small 1t looks like large toy rather
than a practical flyer.
Numerous honorS and medals are
awaiting NJ Blerlot on this side of
the channel. the principal prize being
a gold cup offered by Captain Wynd-
ham for the first flight across the
English channel II will be presented
to the French aviator at the Aero
club dinner. August 9th.
Aeronautical experts here regard NJ.
Bleriot's feat as a vlndication of the
monoplane type of machine over the
bi-planc. The Frenchman's machine
carried a greater weight in proportion
to Its plane surface than any other
type, which Is considered great ad-
vantage Experts interviewed declare
hof h. lI-n1ann
offers TO the wind would have tended
to make one turn turtle on encounter
ing the aerial whirlpool which troubled
Blerot SO greatly.
Paris, July 26,-The whole OF France
Is wild with enthusiasm over NJ Bier
lots feat in crossing the English chan
mel. All the newspapers are filed with
articles which reflect the national
pride at the splendid era-breaking
achievement OF French prowess, while
the pioneers OF aviation. like Ernset
Archdeacon, George Bolson, Rene
Quinton Count Henri De La VaulX and
Henri Farman, foresee the time in the
near future when heayier-than-air ma
chimes, carrying passengers will ne
gotiate the Mediterranean from France
TO Algeria, and the possibilities of the
aeroDlane as an engine Of war are dis
cussed anew. While there is much
sympathy for Hubert Latham, who
oversight yesterday morning, the
country reJoices at the fact that tho
intrepid Bleriot was the first to cross
from Franco TO England
The weather has again turned bad
tn1o,r OF Co1aIo L.
ported as alternately weeping and
cursing his i'll luck. He is greatly
touched by NJ Bleriot's offer 10 divide
the prize IL he succeeds in crossing
the channel