The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-24

gar.
There was hardly an appreciable in
Permission OF time before. at 2:26
o'clock. Rene Simon, the youngest
man in the list, a mere youth
in appearance, was lifted from
the ground. Dressed in sack coat and
iesgins. he donned white coat sweat
er over all and climbed nimbly into his
machine. He started from the north
western end of the field. The mechan-
les held on tightly TO the frail struc-
ture, and. examining down his cap, the
boy gave the signal. With lightning
swiftness the monoplane sped down the
field loo feet. and then, with the rear
planes slightly turned, II took to the
air. Simon leaned forward. his white
sweater showing above the planes. He
still smiled. Then he was off. and the
cry came down the field. He climbed
straight up, turned at the lower END
First Bleriot Flight.
It was the first flight of a Bleriot,
the first seen in Richmond. and the
grace OF the machine as 1T swung
lightly in the air and turned on its
wings brought low murmur of APP
only infrequently The people had
seen tombstone with his dare-deviltry
and had read of his death. So they
waited in suspense. Simon banked
MS machine at tHe SOuLNWeSleTn Gnu
of the field and came back. He turned
again, flying down the field, the mono
plane seated on an even keel. He
climbed 500 feet, the Bleriot appearing
| like huge hawk soaring aloft. After
| the third time around he settled down,
with propelers still whirring and at a
speed estimated at from forty to fifty
miles an hour, struck the ground. The
| Bleriots always strike at full speed.
He alighted at 2:37:4S 1-5 o'clock, hav-
| ;,,o haa IN N ba 1h,4S min
utes.
Rene Garros. who had flown over the
city in the morning, was ready. He
| wore green sweater and green felt
: giles hanging over his brows. A Bile
! riot monoplane used by John B. Moi
SAINT in his Statue of Liberty flight, was
/ brought out Garros had used 1t twice
over Richmond. He was not closely
acquainted with the machine. but he
/ knew how to fly, and when one has
flown Demoiselle the others are COM
| paratively easy.
At $3.50 o'clock, from the northwest
ern end of the field, he took to the air.
| He circled, and then, forgetful of him
self and others he began climbing un-
It'll he was a mere dot In the sky. He
scared until he reached an estimated
/ height of 1850 feet. He directed his
| machine over the grandstand, banked
her northward, went over the Exhibie
/ ton Building, and took 4 bird'S-eye
! view OF Ginter Park He completed a
been at least two miles. The Bleriot
went up with roar, but the sound sub
sided until Garros had gained such a
height that he seemed to be still. 1t
was a graceful, delicate Bleriot again,
land the crowds wandered as they gaZed
/ II was a fearsome sight. On his last
turn, at the northwestern end of the
field in full view of the crowds. Gar
= ,,I ,1,.N ${s1ty
through space The wheels landed at
1904 10 o'clock, after Garros had been
lin midair fourteen and half minutes.
Simon Up Again.
Like Simon, he left his machine In
the field and proceeded leisurely to the
hangar, where he talked with Simon
and Barrier
Frisbies machine wasn't ready, and
Mr. Moisant. true to his promise tina,
h there should be plenty of excitement
forward with his boyish smile still
clinging to his countenance. In trice
he had donned his white sweater, A
& age O'Clock he was climbing; Anc
4 this was the most wonderful flight oil
all seen yesterday afternoon. He cir
4 cled, always climbing, until he hat
gone up nearly 5000 feet and then
with his eyes hungering for a sight OF
& chine east. Gradually he faded away
There was no effort no apparent at
tempt, at flying, He seemed simply tc
soar.
But simon sailed away into the east
Ills Bleriot became but speck. Some
times anxious people lost sight of It
and INQUIRED of each other where tc
look. While he was still far In the
tield of the rising sun, banging in the
skies. the telephone rang in a tent neal
the hangar, and some one said an aero
plane was dying over the city. simon
had said nothing. But he wanted tt
equal Garros He cruised through AZ
unknown sea until lie saw the minarets
of the Jefferson Hotel, Them he mis-
4 took for the City Hall, and. satisfied II
B his own mind that lie had equaled tins
endeavor of his friend, he swung SLOW
( ly back. Thousands OF people saw thu
n machine hanging In the sky, and Won
dered. IT., had not been on the pro
gram, At First and Broad Streets
4 where people We're waiting for M
L cars, the cry went UP that an aero
plane ives above, and eyes were
wearicd with the strain OF watching,
Real swift WoIk,
II all happened in. eight minutes
simon came sailing hack from IN
east, and the nose OF his motor shon
In the sun as he sheered away for ~