Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-31
Three Aviators from Belmont Park Made
Round Flight Without Mishap
!. MOISANT MADE THE BEST TINE
Graham White Second Count de Lesseps Third
Flying for America, Covered the SO Miles in "a Min
1tes 38 Seconds Stern Chase Between Eng
M Gshman and Frenchman at Elevation of 5000 Feet.

New York, Oct 30-Three avfators
few from Belmont Park l.. T.. this aft
ernoon, circled the Statue of Liberty
IN an aeroplane. swept back through
the upper air without mishap, and
ahghted chilled, but exautant
Moisant used a 50-horseEower Bier
lot, purcff, sed from the French team
today for $4,000. He ha previously
smashed hissown monoplane. He did
/. not start until t,06 D. M, after both
De Lesseys and Grahame- White had
finished. De Lesseps started at 3.08
and Grahame- White less than a min
ute later. The written rules prescribed
tflat no contestant should start after
$50 p. M, but they were not enforced
today
Moisant May Enter Protest
IF they let Grahame- White have
another chance declared Moisant, II
/ shall demand that the meet be extend
ed further so that ] may have an
othtf chance. Grahame- White is fly
ing 100 horsepower Bleriot. The
meet officially ended tonight and to-
| morrow's flights We're supposed to be
confined to the programme of last
| Sunday, which inclement weather pre-
vented No other flight should be al
lowed tomorrow, and if there is, then
shall ask for postNonement of sew
eral weeks to allow me to get a 100-
I horsepower machine.
1 1T is just as fair for them to grant
this to me as it will be if they let
'Gralla me- White fly second time to-
! morrow. | don't care a farthing about
the $4,000, but ] do care for the honor
/ of America. and as we have won fairly
| think we are entitled to the honor
and credit
| 1t was reported late tonight that the
aviation committee had decided to sus-
ain MOjS3nt'S nrofpSt the prnt1n6
that the meet officially closed today,
and that flights tomorrow there could
| consist only of the deferred flights of
last Sunday and whatever special
! events the committee might be able t.
arrange. 1t was announced that sew
eral new events would be added TO the
programme to make day a fitting
I ending to the great meet
$4,000 Prize Not Yet Won.
| Join 3. Moisant, flying for. America
covered the estimated SO miles course
In "a minutes 1894 seconds: Csra1lame
White of England was second in
35.g130, and Count De Lesseps of
France was third in 4156.25. None,
/ however wins the $4,000 prize for the
I fight offered by Thomas r. Ryan, for
the rules prescribe that the contest
i ants can start any time between 2.45
p. NJ. and $50 p. m" any day of the
international aviation meet. Under
this Interpretation, Goisant though he
| protested, must await the result of any
| possible flights tomorrow. He Is at
| liberty to better his time of today IS
Grahame-W White and De Lesseps have,
De Lesseps First Away.
| Hardly had the bomb announcing the
! Statue of Liberty fight exploded in
| mid -air when up from the field sour
ried De Lesseps in his fifty horsepower
Blerot Gracefully he rose, with the
motor droning perfect attuDement. cir
! cled arcrosS the starting line, and. as
! though to make sure that his machine
was i'll sllipshape for the flight of 36
miles across heath, meadow and town
and bay, flew across the course and
| then pointed is prov upward and west,
| and went sailing majestically over the
/ grandStand.
Closely Followed by White.
! Nothing daunted by the jump the
F'renchnan ha d got on him, Grahame-
White in less than a minute was in the
! air in Bleriot of 100 horsepower
| There was ne preliminary skirmish-
! ing on his part. Once past the start
ing pylon, the Englishman was off on
! his journey.
! Awe-Inspired Spectators.
Passing the grandstand at an eleva-
| ton of about 1000 feet, both aviators
headed above the railroad tracks, which
| took them over Jamaica Plain and
! across the town of Jamaica. Here they
We're sailing as an elevation of about
5000 feet, with the Englishman still
| chasing the Frenchman half a mile
astern. Every Vantage point was filed
with awe-inspired spectators; automo-
biles clogged the thoroughfares and the
motomen stopped their cars in order
that they and their passengers might
| witness the duel in the air.
! Express Train Speed.
The sky was cloudleSS, and the two
| flying monoplanes silhoutetted against
! the blue sky made a beautiful picture.
SO far up were, they that the whirring
! of the motors was scarcely audible ON
| over Jamaica. still following the rail-
road as 4 guide for their flight. De Les
seps and Grahame- White held their
course into Brooklyn The aviators
never faltered. but kept up their ex-
press train speed, despite the cold.
Gral1alne- White was still gaining on
DE Lesseps, but the Frenchman was
first out across the bay and around the
statue about 1000 feet above the big
black balloon that had s1ladowed him
to the course. The crowds along the
Brooklyn waterfront on Governors Is
land and along the Battery shouted and
waved hands and handkcrchiefs.
Then Grahame- White sent the nose
of his Bleriot around above the head of
Miss Liberty and started back the
same courze as he had Travelled.
EnoIishman Overtakes the Fren Gilman.
De Lesseps still had a slight lead,
but with the wind at his back, Gra-
hame- White put on full speed and be-
gan eating down his rivals advantage.
Midway over Brooklyn, the aviators
were on even terms each at au alti-
tude of between 1000 and 5000 feet,
but reaching the outskirts of the city
Grahame- White forged ahead. De Les
I, seps kept directly in the Engiishman's
wake. a nd now and then could be seen
working his controls in an endeavor to
get greater speed from his machine,
which was fast falling behind. Both
men We're high above the railroad
track II seemed as though they fear
ed 10 lose its guiding glirnmer Of steel
rails Passing back over Jamaica.
Csraha me. White had lead OF about
fWo miles
Graceful Descent from 1000 Feet.
Arriving al rhsa aviauon field, the
English airnan sLa1tel his descent
from a height OF about 1000 feet. He
came down in graceful sNroop over,
| the nops Of tka great trees with the
nose of his machine pointed downward
at an angie Of foi " degrees. He was
ening hshtnHs fast and the crowds
held their breath in the fear that the
Eiiglfsliman might lose control OF tho