New Britain herald., 1929-07-13
BY MINCTr SAUNDERS
NEA Service Writer


 NEA Service Writer
 Paris, July 13 - Twenty years after.'
 Louis Bleriot stood beside his own magnificent Bleriot biplane at Le Bourget Field and smilingly watched huge air liner comfor- tably carrying 20 passengers come down from flight of less than three hours from London. The pilot and his assistant strolled away unno- ticed, the steward polished up plates and glasses after serving refresh- passengers were hurried through customs for a fast motor trip to the center of the town.
 "Only 20 years after, and if the science of aviation has progressed this far in such short time, what will my friend Charles Iindbergh see 20 years after his epic trans atlantic flight? The world must not be surprised if it sees the Lindbergh Atlantic lane as popular for air
 
 1 covered only 20 years ago.
 Bleriots 1p." Flight
 Louis Bleriot was reminded of his historic flight one of the most TO- mantle in the history of aviation. On July 25. 1909. he flew from Calais to Dover, and for the first time linked France and England by air It took him only 45 minutes. and today would seem like nothing for an av- iation feat. But then that flight was as stupendous as the first hop across the Atlantic. It gripped the imagination of the world. it shat tered boundaries and thoughtful men asked each other what the fr- ture had in store with a Bleriot in their midst.
 Louis Bleriot now prefers to look ahead. rather than back, although both France and England are pres pairing fitting ceremonies in honor of the goth anniversary of his chan nel flight He still is keen aviator and flies all over Europe in his rri- Nate plane. He never has lest faith in the immense future of hi"h-specd aerial transport, and one of his great aims now is to see the Atlantic con- ouered, thoroughly and practically in the same way that the channel has been made regular aerial high way.
 Sees Great Air Future
 "Nothing can stop the airplanc." he said. "1t knows no boundaries and no clements 10 defeat it. Look what I was up against 20 years ago. with a flimsy little craft that could lift just one man. I could 500 my objective. only about % miles away. yet I had to wait upon tho weather and the whims of my feeble motor. Folks laughed at me, but I think that even I. with all my faith, would have laughed at the suggestion of a Lindbergh within my lifetime.
 "These things have come upon us swiftly, and I predict that greater events In air navigation will come even more swiftly. Iindbereh will be able 10 greet other pioneers as far beyond him as he was beyond me when I had the happiness to greet him hore in Paris
 In the designing office of the big aircraft which Bleriot controls in France, plans are now being work of transatlantic heavier-than-ai ma chimes.
 Plannn" Poet Plane
 He is interested in a sort of big hybrid vessel, part ship and part aeroplane. It would have a light weight hull resembling somewhat that of ship and driven by a marine engine and. an under water screw. There also would be an ar rangement of aero-engines and wings which would drip into position above the hull, enabling the craft to take the air. In an cmer- gency the wings could be discarded and the machine proceed across the water under it's own power.
 Bleriot has devoted his life to the progress of aviation. as I.indborgh is doing now. There is much of par allel between the two men and their feats. At the time where Bleriot was making rady to attept to fly acro"5 the channel. the English aviator. Latham, also was on the ground and there was keen rivalry between the two.
 The early morning of July %. 1909, was clear and the air calm. Bleriot got up early and was off be- fore Latham was awake. In landing on hillside above Dover his plane was partially wrecked and he was slightly injured. Latham took off in pursuit. but came down in the cea and was rescued.
 No Reception for H'r
 Although many thousands greet ed lindbergh when he ar"ived in Paris, not person was on the