Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-10-21
WONDERS
|r,oH PARIS TO LONDON WITH
APAiiEVGEi

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rods of Thousands of Spectators
watch Balloon sunday-Big Prizes
french dirigible, with seven men
aoard flies from Compeigne, near
p,,is to London in six hours.
Two biplanes, each carrying two men,
/, from Paris to Russels, and one re.
AIMED part of the way to Paris.
walter Wellman and crew, in the
a,igible balloon America, are flying
,.m America to England.
Iondon, Oct. 17.-Another chapter
ID added to the history Of aviation
sunday when the French dirigible bal
ham, Clement Bayard, made the voyage
from Compeigne, which is a short dis
amaze from Paris, to London in the re-
narkable time of six hours, a journey
muiring seven hours my the fastest ex-
p,ess train and boats. Compeigne is As
niles northeast of Paris and about 1875
miles by air route to London.
4 ii was the first occasion on which a
1nigible balloon has crossed the Eng
Esb channel. The overwater trip occu-
! bed As minutes. $s
Atmospheric conditions were perfect
and the big airship travelled with a
,Bght breeze behind. The behavior of
be dirigible was splendid and the 44O-
horsepower motor worked to perfection.
The passengers expressed no discomfort
and were only troubled by the mist in
crossing the English channel.
There was nothing to interrupt the
smooth, swinging motion of the balloon.
rhich averaged close to SO miles an
hour An altitude varying from 300 to
/ hoo feet was maintained and all along
he fight over the land the aeronauts
we're cheered by thousands of specta-
tors.
The course was by way of Amiens,
Abbeville and Boulogne, and the balloon
was Steered readily with the aid of a
compass. The French government pro
vided three torpedo boats, which fol
lowed the dirigible across the channel.
The balloons arrived over London lust
as the streets were filled with the great
Sunday crowds leaving the churches.
Hundreds of thousands gathered to
watch the flight. The aeronauts expert
enced some trouble with the varying air
currents On this account they circled
St. Paul IS and the Tower bridge twice.
dipped several times and few close to
the tops of buildings. They passed over
The houses of parliament and along to
Hyde park, where there was wild
Sramble of spectators. The dirigible
landed safely after describing large de-
sending circles.
Paris to Brussels.
Paris, Oct. 17.-Henry Wynmalen,
the Dutch aviator and holder of the
world S altitude record, and M. LIE
.Gagncux, the French aviator, each with
4 passenger, made remarkable trips in
appliances Sunday from Paris to Brussels.
They started an hour and a half apart
m an attempt to win the $4,000 Of
tered by the Aero club and the $4,000
'fered by the municipality of Paris for
successful flight with a passenger to
Brussels and return.
Wynmalen, after reaching the Belgian
capital, left almost Immediately on the
ieturn trip and arrived safely during
The evening at st. Quentin. LIE Gagneux
aeelded to stop for the night in Brus-
Rs
The distance between the two points
y about ITO miles, as the crow flies,
ald the distance between Brussels and
~ Quentin approximately 80 miles. The
'aaflng Hollander, therefore, covered
a0out $50 miles with a passenger.
IN the trip to Brussels both aviators
made landing at st. Quentin to re-
Penish their gasoline. Wynmalen made
second landing a little further along
y inquire the way. The weather was
IDEAL and the trip was without incident.