Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-22 | Page 1 | Made Flight in Dense Fog

I I i i i i i i Ii i I I I I MAnE MADE fLIGHT IN DENSE fOG 9 Count Jacques De Lesseps Less eps Grandson of Famous Engi Engineer Engineer neer fleer Succeeds in Duplicating Feat Peat of French Aviator FROM CALAIS TO DOVER OVER BRITISH CHANNEL Intended to Make the Return Trip Without t Descending to Ground But the Weather f Changed Ch and He Came Down MADE BEST TIME TIMED OVER England May 21 For the DOVER D second Iu cond time within a S year the English channel was crossed ed to today tolay today day lay by an aeroplane and again the honor resin reste res l with France Count Jacques Jacque de Lesseps Leeps a grandson of the late Ferdinand de do Lesseps the cele celebrated celebrated French engineer driving a monoplane of the same name model as that with which Louts LouIs Lou conquered the straits July 25 s 5 mat last duplicated his I feat In tu a n dense tog fog to today today day starting at Calais C and landing safely at Court Farm Fifty minutes were consumed In the jour journey journey journey ney time was wax minutes M de do Lesseps intended making the he trip from Calais to Dover and return without alighting in an effort to win the prize of 2500 but the mst mIst compelled him to descend He expects to resume his flight at day light Leaving Calais amid the cheers of an Immense crowd the aviator sent his monoplane up to a height or ot feet teet and then headed Tt It In the direction of 1 Dover When scarcely out from the French coast the as the I monoplane Is known was lost to sight from the torpedo boat destroyer Es which was as racing to render aid should the machine fall Did Not Kot Weaken De Lesseps only means of reckoning his whereabouts were were the rays nys of the sun which dimly penetrated the banks anks of ot fog In which he was enshrouded He determined to keep on however and in 11 order to avoid the possibility of colliding with the cliffs cUtts of Dover he sent the monoplane to a height of ofa ofa ofa a thousand feet at the same time timekeeping tImeKeeping timekeeping keeping it pointed in the direction In which he believed the English cons coast lay The Frenchmans ls courage was soon rewarded by the sight of the tha gray cliffs immediately beneath him There he stopped the motor and let the machine nachine glide gUde to earth landing without mishap at the WIlSton Wynston WIlS Wynston ton Court Farm a mlle mile inland and midway between Dover and Deal Few saw the intrepid aviator como corno comoto to the ground for tor when the news was flashed from Calais that De Do Lesseps had started start d the crowds assembled on the field where descended In his flight expecting that the new seeker for honors would choose the same spot That was what De Do Lesseps Intended to do had not the fog Interfered