The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-25
YANKEE FLIES TO LONDON
CHICAGO AVIATOR BRIL-.
LIANT FLIGHT.
Machine Of Latham Wrecked, Putting
Him Out of the Contest.-Sut
He Escapes Uninjured.

Deal, England. - With every pros.
pect of success in completing the
aerial trip from Paris to London
which, since the crossing of the Eng
lish channel by Bleriot and others has
been the great aim of the bird men,
Moissant, the young Chicago aviator,
descended near here, having accom-
plished the aiEht from Paris to Calais
and the journey across the channel to
Deal with an ease and brilliancy rarely
surpassed.
Moissant, in his trip across the chan
mel, carried a passenger, his macha-
nician, Albert, making the cross-chan-
mel fight not merely an incident in the
longer Paris-Journey but an achieve
ment which sUrpasSes the featS of
Bleriot, De Lesseps and the %unfortu-
nate Rolls, whose machines were bur.
dened only with their pilots in cross
ing the straits.
He prepared at nee to continue the
trip to London, the competition of
which will bring him the cup and prize
offered by a London newspaper for
the course and the proceeds Of the sub
scription raised in England for Ora
ham T.. White, which the unsuccessful
competitor in the Observation-Disclosures
flight generously offered as a prize for
the Paris to London competition.
Hubert Latham, who started from
Issy, a suburb of Paris, to race Mois,
SAINT to London, had a series of unfor,
tunate accidents, the last at Amiens,
eliminating in the wrecking of his
machine as he was preparing to re-
sumo the flight. Latham escaped un-
hurt but Is out of the race.
Flies Channel in Strong Breeze.
The last stage of Moissant's flight,
the trip across the channel, was &C.
complished in a strsng channel breeze,
the wind being so high that expert
as foolish. II was such q wind as re-
seatedly deferred Beriet, Latham and
other avistors frss attempting the
passage Of tho straits and correspond
ents whe had witnessed the earlier at
tempts to crsSs the channel confident
ly wired their apers that Molssant
would Rot start before evening, when
the wind was expected to fall.
Nevertheless, as soon as be could ar
range for a French torpedo soat to fol.
low him across the channel, Moissant
launched his aeroplaRe from the cliffs
near Calais and started for the English
shore. The breeze was still strong
ani tina nnnnnIo.- -yk,ok I'LL 49,
Bleriet machines appeared to specta-
tors less steady In the air than the
more stable and heavier biplane,
pitched and rolled so dangerously that
spectators believed 1t in imminent dan
ger.
Moissant, however, managed his ma
chinery with the greatest skill and as
the Bleriot with its guide passed out
of the zone Of greatest danger near
the shore seemed to steady his ma
chine. and as she passed out of sight
of Calais was, according to the reports
received here. flying we'll at an alti-
tude of about 500 feet. He was ex-
pected to land at Dover but was driv-
en- a few miles north and made the
coast near Deal, passing ever Walmer
Castle and the marine barracks at
lib a. m. He VAS unable to con
tinue the journey to London SO numbed
was he by the cold during the cross
ing of the channel from Calais and he
landed near Tilmanstone, a short dis
lance from Deal.
The trip from Calais to T~ilmanstone
occupied approximately 81 minutes.
The two-man flight from France tc
England was the more astonishing for
1t was only a month ago that Moissans
learned to fly, and he made so few
flights and was SO little known among
~aviators that Eel his nationality was
not disclosed. He was reputed to be
a Spaniard and il was only when he
landed in England that il was revealed
that he is q young Chicago architect.