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Show I , half hour. covering only four utiles In j the last 27 minutes Finally a heavy gust of wind caught 1 the monoplane and (lung It down 100 feet, just missing one of the high hedges bordering the road way. Mols-Hant Mols-Hant swerved and landed In a field, striking heavily, damaging the mo- chine. Moissant Is now at Even Oaks. MOISSANT BAFFLED i Machine Again Caught in Tricky Wind Damag- ; ed in Second Descent j . i London, Aug. 22. John B. Molssant, the American aviator, was again baffled baf-fled this morning in bis attempt to complete h's Paris-London flight,! which started so auspiciously last Tuesday evening He asconded twice I this morning in his endeavor to cover ! the comparatively short distance separating sep-arating him from London, but he , could make no headway, and lu the ' second forced descent damaged his machine so seriously that he will be unable to resume the flight for 24 j hours. i The first ascent was made at 4:20 ; a. in. from Upchurch, near Ralnham, where he landed after a battle with ! the strong wind Saturday. Ou the ground a dead calm prevailed and all condlL'oDs seemed to be favorable for ; the flight, "but the machine, after ascending as-cending above the trees, was caught In a tricky wind, and although Mols- , sant remalneid in the air 53 minutes ho could only cover a short distance. ! His supply of petroleum also gave out and he descended to replenish It Af- . tor a delay of half an hour ho again j asceuded in a three-mile breeze, ' which he fought for the succeeding |