Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-27

French dlrigible, with seven men
aboard, flies from Compeigne, near
Paris, to London in six hours.
Two biplanes, each carrying two men,
fly from Paris to Russels, and one re-
turned part of the way to Paris.
Walter Wellman and crew, in the
dirigible balloon America, are flying
from America to England.
London, Oct. 17.-Another chapter
was added to the history of aviation
Sunday when the French dirigible bal
loon, Chronological, made the voyage
from Compeigne, which is short dis
tance from Paris, to London in the re-
markable time of six hours, a journey
requiring seven hours my the fastest eX-
press train and boats. Compeigne is 45
miles northeast of Paris and about 1875
miles by air route to London.
1t was the first occasion on which a
dirigible balloon has crossed the Eng
lish channel. The overwater trip occu-
pied AS minutes.
Atmospheric conditions were perfect
and the big airship travelled with a
slight breeze behind. The behavior of
the dirigible was splendid and the 40
horsepower motor worked to perfection.
The passengers expressed no discomfort
and were only troubled by the mist in
crossing the English channel.
There was nothing to interrupt the
smooth, swinging motion of the balloon,
which averaged close to 33 miles an
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700 feet was maintained and all along
the flight over the land the aeronauts
were cheered by thousands of specta-
tors.
The course was by way of Amiens,
Abbeville and Boulogne, and the balloon
was steered readily with the aid of a
compass. The French government pro
vided three torpedo boats, which fol
lowed the dirigible across the channel.
The balloons arrived over London just
as the streets were filled with the great
Sunday crowds leaving the churches.
Hundreds of thousands gathered to
watch the flight. The aeronauts expert
enced some trouble with the varying air
currents On this account they circled
ST. Paul IS and the Tower bridge twice,
dipped several times and flew close to
the tops of buildings. They passed over
the houses of parliament and along to
Hyde park, where there was a wild
scramble of spectators. The dirigible
landed safely after describing large de-
scending circles.
Paris to Brussels.
Paris, Oct. 17.-Henry Wynmalen,
the Dutch aviator and holder of the
world s altitude record, and M. lie
Gagncux, the French aviator, each with
a passenger, made remarkable trips III
biplanes Sunday from Paris to Brussels.
They started an hour and half apart
in an attempt to win the $4,000 of
fered by the Aero club and the $4,000
offered by the municipality of Paris for
"a successful flight with a passenger to
Brussels and return.
Wynmalen, after reaching the Belgian
capital left almost Immediately on the
return trip and arrived safely during
the evening at st. Quentin. LIE Gagneux
decided to stop for the night in Brus-
sells
The distance between the two points
is about 40 miles, as the crow flies
and the distance between Brussels and
st. Quentin approximately 80 miles. The
daring Hollander, therefore, covered
about $50 miles with passenger.
On the trip to Brussels both aviators
made landing at st. Quentin to re-
plenish their gasoline. Wynmalen made
second landing a little further along
to inquire the way. The weather was
ideal and the trip was without incident