Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-20
O|R|C|BLE SCARS
ACROSS CHANNEL
Fastest Trains and Boats Beaten
in Trip from Compeigne
to London.
COVERS DISTANCE IN 6 HOURS
Clement Bayard Carried Grew o.
Six and One Passenger-Speed
Averaged 33 Miles
an Hour.
COVERS DISTANCE IN 6 HOURS

London, Oct. ls-Another chapter va.
added 20 tho history Of aviation TODAY
when the French dirivible balloon elem.
emit Bayard made the voyage from com.
piesnc 10 London I'm the remarkable time
of six hours, Journey requiring sever
hours by the fastest express trains and
boats Compieenc is 4j miles northeast
of Paris and ahou. ~ miles by air route
to London.
This also is the first occasion on which
a dlrisibe balloon ha, crossed the Ems.
lish channel The ovcrwater route orrG-
pied "a minutes
The ment-Bayard, with a crew of SIX
aboard, left Compiegno at 7.15 O'Clock
this morning and reached London with
ont Il stop at about 10 I'm the Afternoon.
/ Tie atmospheric conditions We're perfect
and the big alrship Travelled with slight
breeze behind. The behavior OF the dr.
igihle was splendid and the 4i0-norsepowor
engines worked to perfection. The pas
sengers experienced 10 discomfort and
were only troubled by the haze and mist
In crossing tho channel
a most uneventful voyage it Wa
with nothing to interrupt the smoofn
swinging motion of the balloon whi.h
each hour averaged close to IS mll.
An altitude VARYING from 500 g.
feet was maintained, and all alonv ...
flight over the land the aeronauts We're
cheered by thousands Of spectat.r+
who had gathered at various poi.
railway from Folkestono was foil ".-
ed, and the Clement Rayard flew r,l
through the heart of London. circiI.4
st Paurs beautifully on the wav.
balloon made safe and easy ,1uatr-
at Norwood Scrubs
ROOM FOR 80 on BOARD.
The dirigible carried NJ Clement. M
the Clement Baynrd Arm, in command.
Baudry and LePrince steersmcn: So
batter. engineer and designer. two mo
cranics and Arthur Philip Du Cross
member of the British Parliament.
representing the British parliamentary
aerial defense committee. Only these
seven were abroad. although the air
ship can accommodate 80 passengers
In addition to the crew.
The course was by way Of Amiens.
Abhevilc and Fouogne. and the balloon
was steercd readily by aid Of the com
pass Occasional wind gusts caused
some slight rocking Of the balloon bat
otherwise she proved steady. The French
government provided three torpedo boa,
destroycrs, which proved of great as
sistance In crossing the channel. The
| Clement-Rayard reached Boulogne at
1910 and Folkestone 1T Il 20. over the
the channel there was little wind but
| heavy haze.
| The noise Of the engines attracted
crowds OF sight seers at Folkcstone and
other towns, and the balloon arrived
over London just as the streets wer7
filled with the great Sunday crowds
leaving the churches. The appearance co.,
the monster over the house tops caus o.
the people to wonder, and hundreds o,
thousands gathered to watch the aerou.
auts. who, now experienced some trouh'4
with the varying air currents and eddie
| On this account they circed St. Paul s.
| and the Tower bridge twice dipped Sc,
eral trnes and flew close to the tons
of buildings They passed over the house
of Parliament and along to Hyde Park,
| where there was a wild scra nbe 4
spectators, The dirigihe landed safe s..
aided by a detachment Of soldiers