The sun., 1910-12-23
AIRMAN YANISHES IN THE AIR
No WORD FROM GRtCE. VINO
LEFT tALAIS FOR DDl ER.
When Last seen nephew sr Former Now
Sork Mayor was Headet Out to Sea
Instead sf for the English Coast HAD
Flown To Erancs I'm the Morning.
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Instead sf for th~ English Coast Had
Flown To France In the Morning.
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LONDON. Dec - Cecil y Grace the
aviator. who. though u British subject. is
nephew OF the Lat. William r. Grace
the channel from Dover to-day COM
peting for the prize of $4,000 offered
by Baron de Forest for the longest
aeroplane flight beginning in England and
ending on the Continent. or vice versa.
After losing his way in fog Grace
descended on the aviation ground at
Baraaues. France. After a couple Of
hours delay there he reascended at 2
o'clock and headed for England He WAS
lost to view noon after leaving the French
coast. and whether he has reached Eng
land or not is uncertain
No report OF his landing anywhere has
reached London. About , o'clock coast
guards at RAmsgate saw an aeroplane
speeding north. Assuming that this was
Graces machine this IL the last thing
known OF him
Grace went up the first time at Dover
at go A NJ. He was aeen passing over
Calais at io:t5 and then all trace was lost
Of him for time. There was much
anxiety az To his fate in the earlier part
OF the day. hut IL was relieved in the
afternoon when news was received that
he had finally landAd near Calais He
travelled as far as the Belgian frontier
and then turned back.
When Grace left Dover heavy fog
hung over the Channel and the sea was
invisible from the aeroplane. The airman
passed over Calais at a height Of 900 feet
and then attempted to proceed to Paris
He lost his bearings and soon found him
self on the Belgian frontier. where he
turned to retrace his course and eventually
descended on the aviation ground at
Baraques
Grace went up again from Baraaues
al O'Clock and headed for England.
About an hour later the coast guards
at Ramsgafe saw an aeroplane. presun-
ably Grace's. six miles of shore heading
north. While they were wat ching IL the
machines course was changed TO north
eastward. Sine. then IL has not been
seen or heard Of
IL is feared that Grace mistook the
kentish coast for fog bank and steered
TO the eastward To avoid il. Ii is family
hoped that he may have realized mis- error
later and st.ered southwark and made
Holland or Belgium. Otherwise he will
be lost IN the North sea unless a passing
ship happens 10 b-friend him.
The captain Of the mail steamer which
arrived this afternoon at Dover from
Calais says that Grace asked him before
starting TO watch for him on the passa xp
"a he had no tug and proposed 10 steer
by the steamers smoke. The steamer.
however. was delayed by the Christmas
traffic. and Grace did no, wait.
The captain SAW him going -eaward
at high speed at n great elevation. His
course the captain says was too northerly
for him TO make Dover The aeroplane
was lost sight Of in a few minutes.
IL was in a trial for the De Forest prize
last Sunday that Grahame- " hite had the
closest call Of his career He fell seventy
feet with his hiplAsne on the cliffs Of Dover
and sustained a slight conclusion Of the
brain. Sopwith. another English aviator.
who - a comparative novice at flying.
crossed the Channel At tho same time
and landed at Beaumont. Belgium. having
made ia miles IN a littl. less than three
and a half hours No tugs or other craft
Sopwith while he was cross-
ing the Channel
Under the conditions of the De Forest
competition the prize will go tn the aviator
who makes the longest distance before
December II. 1870 The flight must b.
made by an Englishman IA machine
entirely Of English construction
Cecil - Grace ~ y son Of John Grace
who was a brother of .S-Mayor William
X. Grace ~ New York Ic.hn Grac. was
an English subject. Cecil - on. ~ IN.
leading spirits of the Roy ~ Aero club ~
the United hin gdom and has been worry
prominent AZ all the British aviation
meetings this year He has never held u
worlds record. but he got away with his
share of prizes AZ Bourpemouth. Blaokpoo
and Lanark. Scotland fi-ing gentleman
aviator h. -ucceed-d To great deal Of
the popular hero worship that was lavished
on the Hon. q. y. Rolls. who was killed at
Bournemouth.