Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-01-05 | Page 1 | Leon De La Grange Meets Death While Making Flight in France

LEON DE LA GRANGE MEETS DEATH WHILE MAKING FLIGHT IN FRANCE FRA j t s r k t tv ti v 4 i ci v fl c LEON DE LA GRANGE Aviator who lost his life by breaking of his machine Bordeaux France Jan de la Ia I Grange the noted French aeronaut was killed while making a light flight here today Do De In III Grange fell with his machine from froma a of about 65 feet and was crushed under the wreckage He had been flying In a wind that was gusty and frequently blew at the rate of w 20 miles an hour In spite of this disadvantage vantage antage De la Ia Grange continued and had circled the aerodrome three times when suddenly as he was turning at high speed agaInst tile the wind the left wing of the monoplane broke and the other wIng col collapsed collapsed lapsed The machinE collapsed and toppled to the ground Death was Leon dJ de Ia Grange ranked among the first of the aviators of the world On De cern cember bel 30 10 last at lIe he broke all speed records The occasion was an at attempt attempt tempt t to wIn the Michelin cup He did not succeed In beating Henry Farmans record for distance but did establish a anew anew new record for tor monoplanes and Il a new worlds speed record He covered miles mUes in 2 hours and 32 minutes maintain maintainIng Ing an av average rage speed of approximately I 1 49 miles an hour