Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18


CHATHAM. England. Aug. 1s-Jshn
b. MoiSsant, the Chicago avinfor, who
IL attempting to fly from Paris to Lon-
don, descended for the second time
near here today. breaking the propeller
and part ef the frame of the machine
I'm making the second Innding. The
broken parts must be replaced from
Paris, and resumption of the hight to
London before tomorrow is Improbable.
Neither Moissont his mechanic was
injured I'm the accident
The good fortune which accompanied
Moissant in the earlier stages Of his
flight from Paris and in his record
kbreaking Journey across the channel
with a passenger seems to have desert
ed him with his arrival upon English
shores. The motor defects in the aero
plane. which had yesterday worked
without slip. forced him to make two
successive landings when about half
way on the course between London
and Tilmanstone. where he ascended
at 4:55 this morning. His first descent.
mile from Sittingoourne. about thirty
five miles from London. was due to the
displacement of n small pin in the
mechanism entailing an Immediate
descent
Has Narrow Escape.
He narrowly escaped disaster in the
landing. just missing the mouth of A
deep chalk pit. fall into which would
have meant death for the aviator ana
his meohanician. Repairs to the ma
chine detained aim nearly three hours.
He then made a second start but
had scarcely covered ten miles toward
his goal when a second accident
brought him down at Rainham. Kent.
rod connecting up the driving gear
OF the aeroplane was fractured. stop
ping the engine and forcing the Chi
caSoan to plane down Immediately to
the ground. He landed in a field. bur
only skilful handling of the aeroplane
prevented its plunging into a clunp
of trees which barred the way.
Moissant made an abrupt turn to
escape these, and the machine came
down heavily. breaking the chassis and
smashing a blade of the propelle-
Moissant and his mechanic climbed
out of the smashed machine unfniured.
but upon looking over the damage were
of the opinion that the repairs could
not be accomplished on the SPOT and
that they must wait for parts to re-
place the damaged portions of the ma
chine, for which they Immediately tele-
graphed to Paris.
Moissant is the hero of the British
press. His smiling portrait appearing
in almost every morning newspaper.
will make his features as familiar to
the British people as any public favor
ite
TnteRse Interest.
The papers print columns of descrip-
tive matter concerning his flight. and
interviews, while many Of them have
editorials on the unique feat, which.
it is held. will bring aeroplaning into
practical everyday life. 1t is argued
that if a passenger can be carried
across the channel in a strong wind.
there is no reason why the air should
not be utilized to carry mails and pas
sengers in the near future.
The thing that most impresses the
London morning newspapers is the fact
that doissant steered by compass. ALI
airmen have complained that the COM
pass is useless in connection with air
flights. on account of the strong vibra-
ton from the nlotor Moissant appears
however. to have surmounted this difIi-
Guilty Speaking OF this he said: you
have heard people say that the compass
/ is useless in aeroplaning. What about
my English compass. floating in glycer-
inc. alright and placed just between
my feet? That is what took me
straight to Amiens. to Calais. and
would have taken me to Dover. had
not seen ships yonder and thought that
Walmer must be the town"