The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-09-29
PERUVIAN AVIATOR
IN A DARING FEAT
nuenaInn
flIEA UvEk ALfO
Waits Cor Favorable Weather,
seizes First Opportunity,
and Makes Trip
With Success.

6oHlooo6Soidf italyy OoPNs GNn
aiightina here Chavez fell beneath his
machine. He was Injured and hia
m%onoplane was destroyed.
chevez'a injuries proved TO be moro
serious than was at first thought. At
the hospital to which he was removed
the physicians found that both of the
aviator's legs were broken and that the
left thigh was fractured. Other parts
of tho body revealed bad commissions.
The general condition of the airman,
however, is not considered grave.
-
Milcn. italy, Sept. 26.-George Chavez
the Peruvian aviator, flew from Brig
Switzerland, over the Si1nplon pass II
arrived at Domodossola on h Italian
side of the Alps at 2:29 o'clock III
afternoon.
Chavez crossed the Simplon pass at
l:4S p. M. and thus accomplished what
has been regarded as one of the most
daring feats proposed for the airmen.
He had waited patiently for favorable
Weather along the route. where strong
both sides of the Alps reported clear
weather, but the top Of the simplon
pass was obscured In a haze.
Forced to Sail High.
Chavez determined to make the at
tempt and rose to q height estimated
at nearly 1000 feet. 1t was known that
1t would be necessary for him to at
tain to nearly this altitude to clear the
Simplon pass, the summit OF which
rises $500 feet.
He maintained apparently this alti-
tude for at least a half hour and fol-
lowed over the roa built by Napoleon
In 1900 over the Simplon pass. He ac-
complished the eight miles that brought
him over the top of Simplon, and then
' sailed org "a f,1l1u nx-ar tha "a Y,Slas
down to Domodossola-
Arriving at Domodossola he had left
the hardest part of his journey behind
him, having escaped the high peaks
and the tumble OF rock gorge on the
side of the summit. The remaining
Guilty, but takes the aviator over Lake
Maggiore and a successioi Of plains
to the goal.
Flight Ia rs Miles.
The distance from Brig, Switzerland
to Milan Is rs miles and the prize was
for the aviator who should a the
first flight, starting from q tableland
900 feet above sea Level at the head
of the Rhone valley near Brig, Swift.
zerland. In addition to reaching q
height that would bring him ove thu
Stmplon summit, and In doing which
he must suffer severely from the cold
he aviator was required to guide hi!
trail craft over wide chaSmS, notably
the Ok gorge, OF Ysette, where a SAT-
descent would be impossible, and az
accident would mean almost certain
death.
Aviation experts had predicted free
ly that the only alternative to a sue
cessful flight across the Alps was tn,
death of the aviator.
Signal fires along the Napoleon roa'
marked the way as far as Domodoss
ola, and the RES OF the course wa
indicated by flags and buoys anchors
on Lake Maggoire. The summit Of TIL
pass at Monscera was illuminate,
with oxhydrique lights, and a captiv
balloon showed the finish line at tn
aerodrome here.
Big Crowd Sees End.
AS the atrman was seen slowly de
scendtng a great crowd gathered. Slow
" n gracefully he neared the sur
face and was about 80 feet above tn
ground, when a gust Of wind caugh
and overturned the monoplane. 1t fe
heavily, carrying the aviator beneat
1t. Chevez was pinned under the motto
and painfully hurt. He had tainted O
striking the ground and was bleedin
profusely when released from tn
Wreckage. The machine was ruined.
/, h American aviator, Mr.. Weymar
also attempted the flight, leaving tn
lakeland at Brig at 1 o'clock this aft
, ernoon. Later, word was received. her
that he had descended after being 1
i the air 4 minutes.
, The weather for the competition we
excellent. The morning opened clea
on the surface n the haze that ha
, gathered IN the mountain tops we
, early blown away BY noon the win
! had died out.