Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
One of Greatest Aviators.

Leon Delagrange ranked among the first
o. the avaIors of the world.
December 81 last, at Juvisy. he broke
ali speed records. The occasion was an
attempt To win the NJ chelin cup.
He did not succeed in beating Henry
Farman's record for distance, nut did
esta blish new distance record for mono
planes. and a new worlds speed record.
He covered Ia miles in two hours and
thirty-two minutes, maintaining an
average speed of approximately forty
nine miles an hour.
Delagrange had been we'll known
automobiliSt ard was one Of the first
men in Europe 10 take up aviation. His
feats soon attracted wide attention. He
is said TO have been offered a guarantee
of $4,000 if he would visit the United
States.
First Speed Record.
In October last Delagrange made
Hight at Doncaster, England, establish
ing a speed record for one mile and $40
yards of / minute ~ LIS seconds.
Ills first public flight made March
IL 1907. at Basateile, France, when he
ascended in a biplane. The machine
moved thirty feet in the air and de-
Scended.
Some DAYS later Delagrange made
flight of +53 feet. carrying passenger.
lie continued experiments with biplane.
Visiting Rome in Los, made a flight
in the presence of royalty. Soon after
ward at Turin he took woman pas
scnger brief trip.
0i September q, 1905, the Frencnman
beat the then existing time record by
travelling 10 -, miles in - minutes and
J3 seconds. In May, 1909, at Juvisy, he
won the Lagatineri prize. making ) clio
miles in IL minutes and Is seconds.
First Flight in Monoplane.
He entered the competitions at Rheims
in August last. appearing for the first
time in a monoplane. He captured the
tenth prize for speed and the eighth prize
for distance.
In September last he visited Denmark
and made a flight of 15 minutes dura-
tion before King Frederick at Aarhuns
Delasrdnges first really sensational
hight and the one that made him a con-
tender for all prizes accomplished
= Dorcaster. October 25 1909. At that
TINE X flew miles IN : minutes SO
seconds, at a rate at times of over
- miles an hour.
DelaSrange has exhibited great daring
and AZ times did not hesitate to assume
grave risks rather than to disappoint
CROWDS that had gathered to see him.
Other Accident to Aviator.
On November :. 1857, he fell with his
aeropiane while giving an exhibition at
1ssy. The machine was smashed but
the aviator escaped with a few Gus anu
bruises
1t was also at Issy that Deiagrangc
narrowly escaped crushing crowd OF
spec ators who had taken possession OF
one end of the field during his exuibi-
ton This accident happened in May
1905
Delagange was travelling at high speed
close 10 the ground when his machine
swerved toward the country. The aviator
promptly shut off the power. and I'm de-
.Sceuding collided with an automobile.
During the aviation week at Rheims
the propeller Of Delagrange's machine
broke from its shat and the aeroplane
fell Delagrange was badly bruised.
IN July last Delagranse was decorated
with the order of the Legion Of Honor,
and ,aSt month the \ deny OF Sciences
AT Paris voted him ! +. lal FIR aeronau-
tic achievements. ~ Delagrange
was elected nresi, nf the Aviation
Club OF France.
THE name OF pelagrauge is the fourth
to be added to the rcII Of those killed in
motor power aeropane, all within ff-
teen months.