The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-02
HAD PASSENGER IN
AER0PLANE
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Mestasch Entertained Visi.
tor in Air and Crowds on
Earth Last Night.

George Davies Of the famous
Davies acrobatic family. was the
monoplane guest Of Aviator Mestasch
last evening. Davies is an old friend
of the French flyer. having been with
him in Paris several years age and
they renewed a~cquaintances in Grand
Forks this week, and as a token OF
their friendship Mestasch gave
Davies a ride last evening.
The daring flyer and his passenger
left the ground at s:25 in the even
ing. 1t was getting dark fast. be-
cause the flight was held up until the
motorcycle races were over, but since
Davies had to leave this morning to
fill an engagement in Saskatoon the
monoplane guider decided to take
him up at any rate n did SO.
The fight was not as high as usual
due to the darkness. but nevertheless
was a clever exhibition Of the aerial
art. Big circles and short. circles
were cut at the will of the machine
master and once they came within
fifteen feet Of telephone wires, but
Mestasch knew they were there and
raised in plenty of time to escape
them.
Davies Enthused.
II can't describe the sensation in
the air." said Davies, after his land
ing. "You don't know you are leav-
ing the ground. The machine darts
w terra vrma' and you are looking
at the fence. Then it seems to be
disappearing and you are sailing far
you realize you are actually flying.
What is the sensation when one
goes mp? 1t is indescribable. You
go ah-ah-ah" the acrobat stated
drawing in one Of the typical French
signs in a Partisan n land you
feel light-headed and elated and at
the same time a little But
Naturally the machine must slant to
quite AT extent to get around in the
air, and you are leaning over the side
Of the machine, looking down at the
ground which seems to be Swimming
along, instead Of your standing still.
On. coming down one hardly knows
when he lands. so imperceptible and
pleasant is the motion of the ma
chine"
Davies was elated with his flight.
He skipped around telling Of the
pleasure in the air, and how Mes
tasch joked and laughed with him in
nidair, talking in their native tongue,
n shooting jokes and ibes back to
his passenger. who was too interest
much heed to the aviator's remarks.
The flight in itself was good, con
sidering the darkness. 1t was impos-
sible to go too. high, as Mestasch was
solicitous of the welfare of his pas
senger and did not want to take I'M
necessary risks. T.
This afternoon and evening Mes
tasch will probably take two passen-
gers. Walter Quigley of the Times edi-
torial staff in the afternoon and Ed.
Cole of Fargo in the evening. The
air at an early hour this afternoon
wslI fairly good for flying and prob
abE the French airman will cross, the
citA with his first passenger.
After the fights today, which will
probably be completed at 2 o'clock.
Mestasch's mechanicians will AXE the
Borel-Mathis machine apart and pack
It up as quickly as possible in order
that they may get away on No. 2 to-
night, and arrive in Sterling, Illinois,
as quickly as possible.
After flying in this country for sew
eral months more, Mestasch plans on
returning to France. He has made
good money in, the flying. game the
past three years and intends starting
an aeroplane factory in his native
country,