The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-18
The 'Icmcnt-Bayard's Invasion Of
England

y VI tIENtNT desires 70 sell his
dlrg.b.e balloon 10 the British Govern
mcnt for military purposes hts success
fIi voyag" from Parts to London. a
dlNtau'" Of 30 miles. must bs crafty
ing - him bat since Count ZEPPELIN :
rum"rou, flights for longer distances
m similar aIr~hip- the feasibility Of
travelling IN diriG Die from the French
10 the British 'apItal has been taken for
granted Count ZFPPELIN would have
no difficulty IN navigating one Of his
own creations from Hamburg 10 Lon
d7n 49, miles. but we fancy that he
would not b" welcomed with open arms.
as VI. CLEMENT has been.
y u not our purpose 70 minimize or
make light If the performance Of the
Clement-Bayard. The crossing of the
Channel has been accomplished in zero
planes several times, once by the Ameri-
ican MoisANT with a companion. while
the Late CHARLES y. Rolls went over tn
France and back 20 the cliffs Of Dover
IN less time than IL takes to eat a course
dinner. BY comparison the crossing Of
that narrow body of water in the car Of
a siderable cigar shaped balloon lighter
than air is not really much of feat but a
smooth passage IN about siI hours from
Paris To London with seven men on
board suggests other things than prac-
ticable means Of transportation through
the air from one capital 10 another
for instance, tho damage that could be
done by dropping explosives on a town
from an alrship capable 81 carving
twelve tons Of human beings and war
material Tho arrival of the Clement
Bayard therefore interests the British
Parliamentary Aerial Defence Commit
tee profoundly and j. disturbing IN the
insIlar EnglIshman. although he has
been reading ~ the long flights Of CoIn,
ZEYPEI.IS and ought - know that II
England cannot be invaded by sea an
enemy ran drop IN nv night witt enough
nitroglycerlne 80 destroy st. PauT,.
the Tower of London or the Bank of
England before breakfast
In on" of his flights Count ZEPPELIN
remained I'm the mir thirtv-eight hours
AMI travelled about go miles: lands
I.I' - 'I.l' ''' IlI''~ nom IOnn n
G'o1t House Tho dates OF the erea,
achievement were NAV - and n. 1909.
ard ~" Count af'erward said that in
TIE ri'ure ALREADY visible" airships
would 30 adj" ~ travel 700 miles in
$50 favs and 4 m IN four and a half
1aES l. II 'rrI" that no sooner had the
so-y % tti' wonderful achievement Of
tarty-e,ght hours Of flight been spread
Tough th" civilized world hv the ,clo.
graph than the cny"ioU" of Zeppelin H. ,
was rent N an attempt TO mako land !
ing ~ IoprinRen and the great shin
Wa disabled II is true that nearly every
air-H'p Constructed by the famous
n"rD"hut las been nut out 81 commits /
F. .Du az DESTROYED hv wind and light |
ming or hg collisions with trees and |
h.0,'"g- hu'. - D." hls SAID. such mis-. !
ht'- rro'" nothing. aerial navigation
J. .'' fl" D.. infancy md each b-oal
down ''a h"- ~" .u-"r'or and tho ma.
$ .'"' - .a' ." blossoms
~ ....g' 'hI' 4 l- racrcly - question.
~ ... "'"u 80 AtlaItlr passage will
l'.' b." h.' .riy when w.ri- ar" KIND
a. Oh" w.'.E,. power # ~" drrlgrhlo
..- r"r''.'ir " 'Ifwr>r. turning
D grow toward Pans. night come h.
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