The Washington times., 1910-08-22
MIonoplane Wrecked In En-
forced Descent Ten Miles
From Start.
BATTLES AN HOUR
WITH THE STORM
Aviator Insists He VIII Complete
Paris-London Flight IF II
Takes 4 Month.

LONDON, Aug Fresh disaster to-
day again thwarted John 3 Moissant,
the Chicago aviator, in his attempt 10
complete the journey from Paris TO
London, with a passenger. IN his aero
plane
IN a fight. which he hoped would
complete the journey remaining TO be
accomplished, BIoIssaur was beaten by
a storm, which, developing unexpected
y. forced him 20 descend after ten
miles, with London twenty-five miles
away 10 the northwest
AIoissaat narrowly escaped death De
scending he broke his propeller and pare
OF the Bleri0t mOnOplaDe- The wheels
buckled under the chassis and the rud-
der was damaged II was declared that
the machine was 50 shaken II might
prove unequal TO the task OF carrying
8I0issant 10 London even when re-
paired
AIoissant was blown out Of MS course
and came down near Seven oaks, Kent,
having covered only ten miles. though
he was in the air ffty-siE minutes
The plane was tossed about by high
winds ike a skin in a storm at sea
Before his EnaI descent al Seven
Oaks. he was forced 10 alSght at Wroth-
an 20 get more. petrol HIS stop there
was brief.
When Re came down at seven Oaks,
the machine dropped 100 feet
Kitten for Mascot
Throughout the flight, Moissant car
rfed a second passeng6F-a kitten JHal
had made its home on one Of the planes
OF his machine at Rainfs. n II has been
named ''Paris-LoudOn-'
H-.1 =
insisting on taking It with him The
kitten did not prevent the petrol run
ming low, uecess5tatiuE the stop at
Wrotham. however
From Wrotham. lIOissant covered
four miles in half an hour IN a strug-
gle with the wind and then came down
The ambitious aviator was Up with
the dawn, and, with his mcchauician-
Albert FiIeJx- overnauIinE the Bleriot
nonoplane, with which he had covered
only three miles Of the distance from
Rainham after he had been brought
down there Thursday.
There was a biz ~ovd in spite OF the
early hour to wish him Sood luck on
what ne hoped would be the maj IAN OF
the trip he started TO make from the
outskirts of Paris Tuesday last IoiS-
SAINT set of with the greatest confidence
al 40 a m
III take lEUCleen III iL1+lLtitr ne
called. as the machine with the Two
men IL II rose
Battle With Storm
From the field where he had been
brought down AcissanL few at an ele-
walton Of something less than 211 feet
He had gone but a short distance when
a hish wind came %. and soon il was
seen that he was In difficulties The
storm increased in violence, bestins
down the mo-oplane. The fraiI machine
was caught in vhirID0oIs which turned
Il completely around In its course, and
time and again Il was detected at night
angles and sent miles out Of the way
4 ~uer trying 10 buck this storm tOr
alrn=st an hour Neis=aut was compelled
10 give I'D the hattie IL descending on
2 ridge near Seven oaks he mario rs ly
eSca ned injury when the T82cIEDc EraZel
& heJige. A sudden gust OF wind was
the cause given for the damage done
the plane in landing
AIOissant Immediately got into comm
MICA ton with London with a view 10
obtaining another propeller and parts
OF the plane He also sent q message To
J Armstrong DreZel- who lent him the
propeller used today telling him OF the
mfShap. TnouSh admitting that 81 would
morning situation TO repair the ma
chine, AI0jSsant declares that he Wc1-d
put IL in shape at ans cost
This thing has got on my nerves
he said and I'm going To cay u
through II il takes me a month 10 cover
the twenty-five miles remaining
The descent at Seven Oaks was
thrilling We went down 20 feet side
wise. and 7 thought the end had come
but we pulled through