The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-08-24
Ysass American Flies Actess the Eng
lish Channel Carrying
A MAN ALONG WITH Him
John r. Noi~>ant. Young Chicago
Architect, Accompanied hy Mech
aniciaa. Makes His First Visit {"
England in Spectacular Nam
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nee-CSur>e Unknown.

I. has been reserved for an Amer
han citizen TO perform one OF tet
NOS. daring sea;s in the history OF
aviation. John B. Moissan;. OF Chic
eso, few across the English Channel
from Calais. France. to Tilmans;one
England. Wednesday with passen'
ger. and by this achievement far sur
csssed the fea, OF Blerio,. DeleSseps
and the unfortunate English ava
Tor. Rolls. who afterwards met his
death at Rournemou,h.
The two man fight from France
TO England was the more astonishing
sor Il was only q month ago that
Noissan, learned 10 ay. and be made
so few flights and was SO little know
among air men that even his ma
tioEafity was not disclosed. He vas
repcted to be Spaniard. and II was
only when be landed IN England that
l. wss revealed tha: he ia young
Chicago architect.
To make :he tca: still more sur
o.ising. Moissan; was totally ignorant
Of the course He had never been
In England. and was obliged 20 rely
entirely on the compass
The Channel flight was an Incl
dent in the aerial voyage from Par
"a to London. Moissant left Issy
Yesterday with Hubert Latham and
reached Amicns IN two hours La
eham's aeroplane vas wrecked and
sais morning Moissant. leaving
Aniers at az early hour. headed for
calias. His mechanician. Alber, Fl
EEK. who had accompanied him
ACROSS the country. took his place in
the machine when the motor was set
in motion to- the dash across the
Channel.
Moissan:. cared nothing for the
warnings OF the people and even the
fact tha. there was no torpedo boat
n his wake. but only a slow NOV
Ing tug. did no, deter him. He made
the trip in 5: minutes. When be de-
seended bis ewes we're blcodsho.. and
greatly inaamed. as result Of the
heavy rain storm. which they drove
Into on approaching the English
coast
An average height Of between 500
aad 400 feet was maintained over
tho water. The aviato. expected 20
aad at Dover. eu, was forced north
BY the wind and made the coast near
Deal. The cold was intense and both
Moissant and his mechan!cian wer"
eenumbed. Mo:ssant seemed 70 take
his monu-asncaI feat as though II
were q Gaily occurrence.
When he revived sufficiently he
..anSAe6 and said 20 an interviewer:
This is my drst visit to Eng
land"
Describing his accomplishment be
said:
This is only my sixth flight In
m ae.oplane. I did not know the
way from Paris to Calias when ]
started. And ! do no, know the way
TO London. ] shall have TO rely on
the compass. would like 70 land
In HYDE Park il can and il.
MY mechanician. who weighs lSo
pounds. has never been in an aero
plane before this. and did no. koo~
where was taking him when a"
!ef. Paris.
Moi$saut is IS years old. he first
visited Paris some months ago and
became interested in the study o'
,v,a,ian. He had TWO machine:
built after his own designs and found
The subjec. so fashionable that he
determined to become practicable
air man. HIS aigh; to-day vas made
on a Rlerio: machine. which weighs
about Sac pounds.
Fiieux. the mechanician. ou-h
Partisan clad in overal!s. did no:
know where be was going Hhe;
started. bu, says that he felt quit"
1T home. as he bad the creates, crn-
hdence IN the pilot.
WHIRLED TO HIS DEATH.