New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18
MODEST MO|SANT FLIES
Gives First Demonstration of
MonopIane in East.
GOES ALoFT THREE TIMES
Takes Machine Over Belmont
Park Course with Precision
of Piano Player.

Ol = 49,
c,olonsI John 2. Mosant, formerly of the
Nicarsr,an army. is first of all business
man Running a Central American revolu-
tion or new monoplane where the air is
strange, he is prompt and systematic cool
and accurate In both matters
The first ear,1ine exhibition Of fight by
nononisnA that has been seen in the East
Colonel Moisant conducted with the pre-
cision Of an automatic piano player at Bel
mont Park yesterday afternoon It is
hardly necessary 70 state that the colonel
left the ground at exactly 43O o'clock It
would be out Of character for him to be
late. He made three flights of 7:43 7:O2 and
fat minutes. during which, among other
artistic and beautiful things he sped
through the various lanes in the air that
make the figure s
Moisant had never flown in fiat-winged
Bleriot. He pretended before starting that
as he was only q novice-he persists in
spea king of himself as a novice-and the
machine much lighter and straighter of
wing than he had ever mounted. there
really was a good chance that he wouls
receive z bump.
He talks about flying with the same dis
ferring to his aeroplane factory in Paris.
His profit and loss account. as shown by his
factory ledger and a monoplane etched
upon the harvest moon are made to be
equally interesting by his method Of put
ting the flying game" upon a purely bust
ness basis. Certain aeroplanes can do GER
tain things. whether or not the moon be
up, at certain cataIogued cost a horsepower
{
in flying The chief thing is for the pur-
chaser to decide which machine will best
meet his wants. and If the Moisant com
pany gets hold of the candidate before too
late the answer is easy.
The first thing Moisant did was 70 lear
over the clump of trees northeast Of the
racetrack. The breeze was slight and the
aviator made splendid speed around the
1.56-mile course He covered the last lap
that lie Blanc termed unsatisfactory in
two ways requiring that he turn first 10
the left and next to the right When he
descended he was asked about the part of
the course that lie Blanc has termed dan
gerous. and again replied with that mod
esty:
Well, Of course, I'm only a novice. It
may be as lie Blanc says. He has had
much more experience at meets, and he
knows
Yes, but how do you feel about it, he
vas asked.
Il feel nothing. You saw. of course. that
I got over It all right"
MOisant will fly again to-day. After his
remarkable demonstration of mastery yes
terday the pedagOgue of aviation
he will give his whole time TO construction
and tutoring when he returns to Paris after
the tournament-said that the new machine
needed tuning up. In these little ways he is
eXasperating. He does not stand around
and talk about how good he is. He always
has a business engagement somewhere.
His PGris-to-LOndOn passenger carrying
monoplane will be assembled soon.
Hamilton. Shriver and \. Marcel Penot.
a novice in the actual sense, flew at Car
den City yesterday.
The steamship Niagara will arrive to-day
with hoidful Of flying machines
Roland Garros, operator of the Demoiselle
monoplane. the smallest flyer in the world.
will arrive to-day on the steamship Kron-
prinz Wilhelm. Rene Simon, Rene Barrier.
G. Audemars and Emile Aubrun of the
French contingent, are due on the Teutonic
on Thursday.