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Show GROSSING BY LAPS. In view of tho splendid triumphs of aviation, and moro particularly reckoning reckon-ing from tho great flight of Roland G. Garros, who flew across tho Mediterranean, Medi-terranean, achieving nearly 600 miles in a singlo flight, tho possibility of flying fly-ing across tho Atlantic hns again como up for discussion. -M. Garros himself is quoted as saying that in timo tho Atlantic will be crossed in stages not much longer than his flight across tho Mediterranean. Tho programmo sug-gostod sug-gostod by him is to start from tho northwost coast of Sootland, fly to Iceland, thonco to Newfoundland, which, in fact, 'would finish the flight and from which tho aviator could easily pass to tho mainland of America, but would ibo a tedious, long flight. It is probablo, howovor, that this .flight would havo to bo ibroken by auothor stop at the south of Grconland, and then in placo of flying to Newfoundland, Newfound-land, tho aviator would land on tho Labrndor coast, and on getting thoro ho would also havo crossed tho Atlantic and would be in immediate air-flight communication with tho main chanucls of transportation in this country. An aviator might, in fact, 3tart oither from tho west coast of Norwaj' or from the northwest coast of Scotland and bo on practically the sanio advantageous torms. Tho first flight of courso would bo to Icoland, thonco the passage to Greenland would bo even shorter than tho first flight. From Groonlnnd to Labrndor would bo the longest lap of tho flight) but this would not be forbiddingly for-biddingly longer than tho flight that M. Garros ha3 already achieved in crossing tho Mediterranean, At lonst, it is quito conceivable that the additional addi-tional distance included in this lap would (bo possiblo to achiovo in tho greater advancement of tho science of aeronautics a fow years hence. Still, a flight like that would not be of any particular advantage, since it would be so broken, and since it would bo possiblo only in certain seasons sea-sons of tho year. Anothor possibility in crossing tho Atlantic might bo from tho west coast of Africa in tho vicinity of Capo Verde, thenco to tho most westerly of tho Capo Verdo Islands, then to tho protruding pro-truding coast of South America in tho vicinity of Cape St. Roquo. Tho trade winds would help in that flight, and if achieved it would bo a flight that would bo possiblo at all seasons of the year. In view of tho triumphs of tho Zeppelin Zep-pelin dirigible balloons, and in view of the magnificent flights mado by M. Garros and other .FYonohmou in their monoplanes, wc think it quito reasonable reason-able to indulgo in tho hopo that a way will bo ifound to fly across tho Atlantic before many yearn. |