The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-29
BLERloT CROSSES
ENGLISH CHANNEL IN
HIS MONOPLANE,
Plucky Frenchman Gets $4,000
Prize and American Exhib-
its Winning Machine.

Dover. July 28.-This sleepy seaport
town experienced the keenest thrill
known in q generation, when at sunrise
yesterday morning a white winged,
bird-like machine, with loudly hum
ming motor, swept out from the haze
.obscuring the sea toward the distant
French coast and circling twice above,
the chalky cliffs of Dover. alighted on,
English soil.
A Frenchman, Louis Bleriot, portly
and red m~ustached, calmly descended
from the saddle, limping on a %bandaged
foot which had been burned in his pre-
yious overland flight. Immediately two
~compatriots, who had beer waving al
big tricolored flag as a signal for the
landing place, fell upon him enthus-
iastically embracing and pounding him
ton the back.
who happened to chance on the scene;
were the only persons to witness the
performance of a remarkable feat.
Bleriot left Les Baraques, three miles
from Calais. about 4:30 a. M. On one
of the smallest ~monopianes ever used,
He crossed the channel in a little less
thar half an hour, twice as swiftly az
the fastest mailboat. His speed avert
aged more h a As miles an hour;
times it appropriated so miles. Hq
Kept about ESQ feet above the sea level
and for 10 minutes while about midl
S"o oaL vi Si6li VI I'LL SodSLI
and the French torpedoboat Destroyer
which followed him with his wife and
friends aboard. The wine was blowing
about 20 miles an hour and the sed
.choppy. The aviator was swathed with
a single garment of drilling imperviou1
to the wind which covered him from thd
top OF his head to his feet, only hia
face showing. He wore also a cork
life saving belt.
Washington, D. c., July 2S.-On thu
.eve Of making an ~aeroplane flight, in
volving as great, if not greater, dangers
than Blerfot risked in crossing the Eng
Ish channel early yesterday, Orvillo
Wright expressed great pleasure when
he learned OF the success of the French
man.
II have said all along that Bleriot
would be the first to make the flight
across the channel once he decided to
attempt it," said Wright. st was a
great flight"
London, July 2S.-Louts Bleriot, tho
Frenchman, who made history by hy.
ing across the English channel from
Les Baraques to Dover. a distance OF
p miles in a little less than half an
hour, and his famous little monoplane,
both reached London this morning, the
former to receive SIS. 900 and the latter
to he placed on exhibition to the fnanl
>'NA ~N < VI oSAi q ~ 4IlOS-
pttal and the enterprising proprietor Of
the only American department store
here.
The aviator is finding hero worship
much more trying h a the strain of
navigating the air.
An ovation awaited the aviator In
London, his compatrtots having gath.
cred at Victoria station in huge num-,
bers. With the help of the police. he
finally succeeded in getting away and.
reached his hotel. where he was pre-
scented with the check at a luncheon
party.
BIeriot Fever RACES.
'BIeriot fever seems to have seized
"a large part of the %populace of london,
Those unable to see the flyer himself
have been 'beseiging the store where.
the compact little monoplane is in
stalled among other travelling requis-
ties. The machine is so small it looks
like a large toy rather than a practical
flyer.
Numerous henors and medals are
awaiting M. Bleriot on this side of the
channel, the principal prize being a
gold cup offered by Captain Wyndham
for the first fight across the English
channel. 1t will be presented the
French aviator at the AeropIane club
dinner, August 8.
Aeronautical experts here regard NJ.
Bleriot's feat as a yindication Of the
i~HonoplaHe Type OF macnlne over the
bi-plane. The ~Frenchman's machine
carries a greater weight In proportion
to it's plane surface than any other
type, which is considered a great adj
vantage.
Dover, England, July 2S.-Remarkable
scenes were witnessed at Dover this
morning, when NJ. Bleriot returned here
TO attend q civil reception in his honor.
n Frenchman was mobbed by the
enormous crowds, and the police had to
come to his protection, so eager were
the enthusiasts to greet him at close
quarters.
WEST POINT CADETS
STILL HAZE, SAYS