South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-11
FOG FRIGHTENS HALF
WHO INTENDED START
Only Six of Thirteen Entered
Hazard Flight Through
Heavy Bank of Fog Which
Made Flight Dangerous.
BULLETIN:

HFNDON, Eng, July 1f.-Winging
his way through 276 miles of soupy
fog. w. +. Brock, an American AVA
tor. won the round-trip DOndon-to-
Paris air race today after a thrilling
flight in which he competed against
the best talent I'm Europe.
BUG. France, July 11.-An Ameri-
can aviator was the first OF the air
men in the round trip London to Paris
aerial race to complete the first half
Of the contest. Brock reached Buc
aerodrome on the outskirts OF Paris
after an adventurous trip Of hours
38 minutes and "a seconds, all OF
which was made through treacherous
fog.
Brock. who had left Hendon at
7:45, reached here at 11:1S:24 o'clock.
The distance was 13S miles.
Lord Carbery who crossed the Eng
lish channel at the rate of two miles
a minute was second. He reached here
at four minutes after II. He was
followed six minutes later by Roland
Garros
All the aviators unite in saying that
this was one OF the most thrllhng~con
tests OF their career. The fog over the
channel. especially along the trencn
coast. was particularly heavy.
at times Il was like flying through
a cloud Of steam" said Brock. had
10 feel my way unless l rose above
the fog bank and then I was in dan
ger OF missing the route"
A big crowd filled the seats at the
rfaf1 mar
cheered as they swOOped to the
ground. They were particularly IN
terested in the flight of Lord Car
berry. The English nobleman had
turned his Bristol biplane into full
speed when he reached Folkstone and
tore through the thick, soupy air over
the channel at a terrific pace, reach
ing BoulOgne, thirty miles away IN
fifteen minutes.
After remaining IN Buc for two
hours, during which he ate lunch and
ovcrhauled his machine, Brock set OF
on his return journey TO HendOn.
HENDON, England. July 11.-Six
Of the thirteen aviators entered in the
round trip-HendOn-P Paris air race for
prizes aggregatiEg $4,000 started from
here in a fog this morning. Those
who started upon the 276-mile journey
were:
". L Brock. American. using a
MOrane monOplane. e,
Lord Carbery, English, using
Bristol biplane.
L Noel. French, using Morane
moloplane.
NJ. Renneux. Frenchman, using a
Farman biplsne.
Roland Garros, Frenchman, using
2 BleriOt mOnOplane.
r. Carr. Englishman, using a Nor
Noel lost his way in the thick mist
and was compelled to descend at Rye.
His machine descended upon a golf
course and was damaged by the i'm
pact. but he made repairs and con-
tinued.
Carr also lost his way after travel
ing less than five miles and descended
at Harrow. After setting himself
right Carr reascended and set off to-
ward Epson. II miles away. He was
seen passing over Epson 25 minutes
later.
So thick was the weather that half
OF the aviators VINO had entered feared
the start The memory OF the tragic
death OF Gustave Hamel was too fresh
10 permit them 70 take tho risk.
Much interest was attached TO the
fight OF Brock. who won the aerial
derby around London. Brock was the
first OF the airmen 20 be reported from
r. p,oul- A fleSSSAt rum NAiVA ( ScblN
that the American had passed that
place going at a terrific pace. Brock
was reported from BOulgne on the
French side Of the English channel at
9:15 a m Within half an hour after
ward both GarrOs and Lord Carbery
had passed the French city.
The route lies from Hendon to Har-
row 10 EPSON TO FolkStone across the ]
channel 10 Bolbne. thence 10 Buc. a
suburb OF Paris. The prizes were dis |
tributed as follows.
/. $4,000 and a trophy.
.. $3.50.
:. $3.50.
4 big crowd was at the HendOn |
aerodrOme despite the early hour the |
first machine getting away before |
o'clock, o and the unprOpitous condition I
OF the weather.