The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-02
VEDRINES HAS PLAN
TO LOOP THE GLOBE
French Aviator Describes His
Flight From Paris
to Cairo.
THANKS FATE AND MOTOR
Says lie Expects No Trouble In
Crossing Ocean to
Australia.
THANKS FATE AND MOTOI

How Flew From Paris to Cairo" 10
the title of dramatic narrative by Jules
Nedr!nes In the February number OF Fly
ing The aviator. giving some Impressions
OF his long flight. speaks about his motor
and gives more praise to II than to fate
for the success OF his trip. Because OF
the reliability OF the motor. he tells OF
his determination to make a flight around
the world.
ION my thirty-second anniversary he
writes. fate granted mo the opportunity
of finishing my flight over three cont
nents | thank fate--but less than my
motor The story OF my flight il the glor-
iacation Of my motor and my apparatus.
no bolt or wire OF which moved from the
| time left Paris to the time arrived n,
Cairo. SO YOU need not he astcnished
when ! say with assurance that | will be
tn. first aviator going TO Australia. Tho
crossing over the nearest island OF Aus
| tralia IL not over $40 kilometers. Nothing
10 speak OF.
Others loop the loop--I want to loop
the globe. In regard TO my impressions In
| general. and my greatest emotions. Well.
aside from the Taurus Mountains IL was
| just n charming promenade. At konia
the contrary winds nailed me to the place
| Tho last 100 meters were covered in one
quarter OF an hour. That IL some record
| for slo~ness, but Taurus The Pyr-
enees are like hills against them
Il had anticipated that Daucourt. BY
| following tho gorges. would meet with
trouble. The nearby sea and the two
! areas OF very different Temperature Gre
ated conflicting currents OF the most un-
pleasant kind, to evad. which only one
| way seemed possible for me- 20 ny ut
| 5000 meters above the high plateaus.
| | had with me 2iO liters OF gasolene and
| forty liters Of oil. For tw" hours | was
I horribly helpless above desolated peaks
| wher" no help could be obtained In case
| OF need. Once I almost topped invol-
| unfairly. but neither tho motor nor the
, apparatus failed me--rnotors and aero
| planes are comfortably reliable now one
! can undertake flight around the world
| with them.
When ! descended again To the warm
| strata ! was almost breathlcss. ! had
| never met such adverse conditions be-
fore-and | thought ! had met some real
rough weather in the British circuit.
| "On leaving Mersina | had intended
To get to Alexandretta across the gulf.
My motor went we'll that | decided
to head right toward Beirut, passing
somewhat outside OF the promontory OF
Cyprus. ] must have been invisible to
the people OF Cyprus. on nearing Beirut
cyclone compelled me to turn back
| ~ N'ut W lhIu dt
| there We're no more trials.
| AT Beirut | received warm recep-
ton from population that truly loves
France | shall return there while going
to India and will organize "A meeting
there. At Beirut and jana I met contrary
winds and ran out OF gasolene Being
200 meters from the aerodrome that was
vexing!
!, From Beirut to Cairo the country Is
, very much like Il fine vast aerodrome
one can land anywhere. and ! recommend
| 1t to debutng aviators.
!; My last leg ended asreeably. lef,
| Jaffa at o'clock and caught the Bruix
| which waited for me, eighty kilometers
out. From high I saw the desert In tn,
| distance, and | must say that the sigh
! thrilled me, II invited me on. l mad,
/ two circles around the boat In order I,
signal Everything all right" Then
left going toward the canal OF Jana
There the wind was favorable and made
| 1t In seventy minutes. Ahead OF m,
schedule. I felt particularly good. and
turned toward the desert without hest
| tation.
"Of course II had met with an,
trouble there the world would have hat
TO wait long for news OF me, hut IA.
no misgivings: ] felt certain of my moto
I and my machine. Some way on i me
contrary violent winds which cut dowi
my speed to forty kilometers an hour.
, easily found Cairo and Heiiopolis. al
, though ] had IA map on the 100000 scale
/ am accustomed to this scale and hav
no trouble In finding places.
I 1.-THE reception ] received here va
! very touching. I met some old friend
: and they told me much news. and the
made me realize what u lonely time tn
| African travellers who travel In the usua
n way must have. The aeropiane will brin
e relief to them; II Will enable them I
a ! make a mile I'm the same time that the
/ now make Il yard, and 1t will be pleasan
= travel.
II am going TO take II easy for while
then I will mako n tour Of the worlt
= This Is my story. except that two day
2 ago ! baptized my faithful machin
n Nanette, the name OF my little daughter.