The Irish standard., 1910-08-20
ANOTHER AVIATOR
FL|ESTHECHANNEL
DARING AMERICAN, JOHN q. MoloN
SAINT, AccoMPLlsHEs FEAT
WITH PASSENGER.
ON WAY FROM PARIS TO LONDON,
Nesotlates Distance in 81 Minutes,
Begins Journey Against Advice
Of Friends, in Teeth OF
Gale.

Deal, Eng. Aug. 1s.-With every
prospect of success in completing the
aerial trip from Paris to London
which. since the crossing of the Nng@
fish 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 flight from Paris to Calais
and the Journey across the channel Ia.
Deal with an ease and brilliancy rarely
surpassed.
Moissant. in his trip across the cham
mel, carried passenger, his machal
nician, Albert, making the cross-chans
mel fight not merely an incident in tho
longer Paris-Journey but an aohieve-
ment which surpasses the feats Oh
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 once to continue the
trip to London, the competition Of
which will bring him the cup and price,
offered by London newspaper for
the course and the proceeds Of the SUBJ
scripuon raised In England for Ora,
ham e. White, which the unsuccessful
competitor in the London Manchester
fight generously offered as a prize for
the Paris to London competition.
Hubert Latham. who started from
Issy, 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 fight. 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 ao-
complished in strong channel breeze
the wind being so high that expert
enced aviators looked upon the stako!
as foolish. It was such wind ~ To-
peatedly deferred Beriot. Latham and
other aviators from attempting the
passage of the straits and corresponds
ents who had witnessed the earlier at
tempts to cross the channel confident
ly wired their papers that Moissant
would not start before evening. when
the wind was expected to fall.
Nevertheless. as soon as he could ar
range for French torpedo boat to fol.
low him across the channel, Moissant.
launched his aeroplane from the cliffs
near Calais and started for the English
shore. The breeze was still strong
and the monoplane. which like other
Bleriot 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.
Manages Machine skiIlfuiiy.
Moissant, however, managed his ma.
chinery with the greatest skill and a.
the Bleriot with its guide passed out
of the zone of greatest danger meas
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- q few miles north and made the,
coast near Deal. passing over Walmer,
Castle and tho marine barracks It
11:15 a. m. He was unable to con-
tinue the journey to London so numbed
was he by the cold during the CROSSE
ing of the channel from Calais and hol
landed near Tilmanstone, short dis
lance from Deal
The trip from Calais to TilmanstonG
occupied approximately 81 minutes.
The two-man flight from France toi
England was the more astonishing for
1t was only month ago that Moissan1
learned to fly, and he made 20 few
flights and was so little known amonet
aviators that even his nationality wasi:
not disclosed. He was reputed to bo1
a Spaniard and it was only whom bel
landed in England that it was revealed
that he ia q Young Chicago architeUk 4