New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
TREAcHEROUS AIR CURRENTS
Chicagoan Falls 100 Feet at New
Orleans; Californian, Over
800 Feet at Los
Angeles.
BOTHsWARNED MOTTO 60 Up
ONLY Few Farmers See Moisant
Hurtle to His Fate. but Thou
sands Of Pleasure Seekers
(. Witness Fall Of Altitude
Record Holder.


John B. Moisant and Arch Iiossev.
two of the worlds most daring ariators.
were killed YESTERDAY. Both fell out ocl
chines-nether from a great height
and Moisant's remaining minutes Of lifs
we're so few as to count as naushf.
Hoxsey was killed instantly.
Moisant met his death at 9:jj . m.
attempting TO aught In a field few,
miles from New Orleans. Hoxsey ahcl
went into the air early in the afternoon
at Los Angeles. at 2:i2 O'Clock was
crushed into a lifeless mass In view OF
the thousands who were watching tss
aviation tournament.
Thus the last day Of 1910, in bringing
| the total number Of deaths OF ayiators
to thirty capped the list with two
of the most prominent Of those air men
who have been writing the history ct
aviation in the sky Of two continents.
Moisant. a Chicagoan by birth. aftsr
an adventurous life in Central America.
became interested in aviation in France.
less than a year ago. After soaring into
public recognition by his plucky nsho
from Paris across the English ChanneS
to London. with a passenger, Moisants'
fearIessness and resourcefulness were
exhibited frequently. Finding himself
without a machine, he bought one from
lie Blanc. a French aviator. for $1,000.
and within ten minutes started on his
winning flight from Belmont Park. this
city, around the Statue OF Liberty. viu-
ming a prize Of $4,000
Mosant's Neck Broken.
| Yesterday a sudden pun Of wind
caught him within one hundred feet OF
the earth, turned his machine over, andi
a broken neck terminated his career.
Arch Hoxsey, who was a Californian.
after a year of uniform success with thsl
Wright aeroplanes. had gained a name'
for daring and competence in the air..
| Within the week he had set new
worlds altitude record OF ll,474 feetJ
and then, 10 show his conte mpt for this.
earth, had sailed majestically more thani
1000 feet above Mount Wilson. Yester-
day he ran afoul OF boiling. treacher-
Gus wind when some five hundred feet.
from the earth. and a minute later =
horrihed crowd was making It's way -
where a broken mass OF humenity lay
beneath a torn bit OF canvas and soms
broken spars.
Hoxseys Comment on Moisant's Death.
Hoxsey was in his hangar a short time
before making his last ascent. readinSi
an account Of the death Of Moisant A.
ter carefully noting the conditions under
which Moisant had been flying he said.'
He must have become weary from too
much driving"
Both men met death in almost the same
manner. Each machine was headed for
the earth and suddenly seemed to stop.
hover in the air, then turn over on to
its nose" and dive headlons TO the
ground-and to destruction.
Moisants aeroplane was Bleriot
monoplane, end in addition to the heavy
engine in front of the main planes he
had fastened a tank holding tnrty-nvs
gallons of gasolene. Aviation experts
believe a sudden pun OF wind stopped
his machine dead in the air. and the
heavy weight ahead dragged the light
framework behind II, dipping the useless
rear elevator toward the zenith as II IN
derision. From his position partly back.
of the main planes. Moisant was dipped
out, clear OF the machine, and struck
the ground on his head, breaking his
neck.
He died on flatcar on which he was
being rushed to New Orleans.
Hoxsey likewise was returning from
tourney into the clouds. He was within
almost five hundred feet OF the earth, and
cheers were going up TO meet the con-
queror OF the higher air, when hts ma
chine seemed to stop, shudder and whiri
over and over to the ground. Hoxsey
yainly endeavored to right his craft by
warping the main planes and by use Of
the rudder Futile attempts. these. for
before sufficient momentum was gained
the frail structure crumpled upon the
earth. the heavy engine being torn
loose
only a few farmers saw Moisant
hurtle TO his death, but Hoxsey's end
came before the horriied gaze OF thou
sands who had come out In the pleasant
afternoon to watch the aviators darting
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