The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-05
LEON DE LA ORANGES AERO PLANE COLLAPSED, KILL
 ING ITS OCCUPANT.
Was One of the Foremost Aviators in the Country and Had Won Several Prizes by His
 Daring Flights,

tBOrdeauX, Jan. 4.-LtoH bc La Grange. the French aviator, among the foremost of thosew ho have set out to conquer the air, was instantly killed here while making Q flight iii the presence of a great crowd
 A strong uncertain wind prevailed, but with characteristic daring, De La Grange faced it in the same mono plane in which he made record or fifty-three miles an hour at the Don caster meeting last October.
 He circled the aerodrome. seeming to have his machine under good con- trol, and yet at times it heeled dan gerousiy to the wind. On the third round when at a height of between sixty and seventy feet, hen increased his speed, he swung wide at the turn, but at the lower end of the aerodrome he attempted to describe sharp curve The machine was seen 10 sway
 The left wing was broken and the right wing immediately collapsed. The aeroplan came plunging to the earth and 1t turned half over as it fell, with the aviator clinging to the seat In this way 1t crashed to the ground, with De La Grange beneath, the heavy motor crushing out his life.
 The mechanicians are at a loss to explain the exact cause Of the acci- dent. They are merely able to say that 1t resulted from maneuvering too quickly into the puffy wind. The monopane was doubly braced at tsgt essential points and had been r careful examination before as . ~ ing. z
 Leon De La Grange ranked
 the first avbators of the vna.1 Arr December 30 at Juviskyx W
 speed records. K,tr~ s<6 ..
 The occasion was a. the Michelin Cup. HL in beating Henry Fa LItts rans distance, but he did <. ouachlsxs V distance record for sA
 a new worlds speed rh1eiis ThrOus cred i24 miles in two hou' s,lic . aOs W ty-two minutes. maintsining> '. ea age of approximately forty.nina ,r-rr an hour
 De La Grange had been a wM known automobilist and one of ths' first men in Europe to take up avia- tion. His feats soon attracted wide attention. and he is said to have been offered guarantee of $10,000 if he would visit the United States. In October last De La Grange made flight at Doncaster. England. estab- fishing as peed record for one mile and s60 yards in one minute and 47 aid one-fifth seconds.
 His first public flight was made March 16, 1907. at Bagatelle, France. when he ascended in a hiplane. The machine moved thirty feet in the air and descended Some days later be La Grange made flight of 45s feet. carrying a passenger. He continued experiments with biplane and wis ited Rome in 1908. making a flight in the presence of royalty
 Soon after, at Turin, he toQssIa wo- man passenger on a brief l,a;.;. z<2;s September 6, 1908, he beat ,,,,,on} existing time record by trstha AHQ teen and two-ffth miles in t,st QlQ minutes and fifty-three ee..
 May. 1909, at Juvisy. he
 Catineri prize. making , an nens s' miles in fan u;n,,tas sna Tan MAR onds. He entered the at Rheims in August laa s"- s.sass1' ''as'' for the first time in a m 7 captured the tenth prf ''ss=s.7 and the eighth prize fJ planos-s9 sek; In September last hehines a <2 fx mark and made flighhd hahd of&aI'l utes, dra--.~ bafor@ Central ayenHe - - II-1s1m
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