Deseret Evening News | 1910-08-22 | Page 1 | Moissant Hasn't Reached London

n n J P MOISSANT REACHED LONDON Ascended h Twice This Morning But Was Compelled to Descend UP IN FACE OF STRONG WIND Guit t Machine not Got 01 Cp Tp Hundred Keel Jcl Hurled It Ji to Ground Not Injured Aug 22 John B n tha Ihn American n aviator was again lIln bat baffled fled tItle this morning In his hla attempt to complete with a U passenger the Paris ParisI I London ondon flight which started l sa so III aus auspiciously nU au last Tuesday evening lie He twice this morning In III his to 0 cover the Ih comparatively short hort distance separating him him from London but he hI could snake make m ke no head hal headway headway way In the th second forced descent damaged hula bin machine so ao seriously I that he will be he unable tunable to resume the Iho night flight for 24 21 hours hour The rhe fret t ascent was wall made ut at a in from hurh near nar where he ht landed a battle with the strong Saturday On dir ground a dean dead d nd calm prevailed and nil all conditions seemed favorable for the tire flight but the machine after ascending above ahoo the trees was caught In n a tricky Irick wind mind Ind and although remained In the nil air IS MI S minutes he could cover on only onI only ly I n ft short abort distance Ills iliA supply of petrol also iden gave out and he descended to replenish It After Atler a II delay of oC half halt nn mitt bp be again ascended against 1 R a breeze which he fought for forthe thin the succeedIng half hour covering only foul four miles mills In iii tile the I o last T r minutes Finally n a heavy hell gust t of or wind caught Cu ht tho the monoplane and nd flung It II down bodily tell feet Just missing one of nr the bordering the h road ined avoided It Il by an all abrupt swerve arid and thin tho machine landed In n R afield field striking so heavily that It vai n a badly 1 d 1 damaged The wheels used In starting were Ht buckled tire the rudder rind propeller broken and parts parI of ot the