IN THE AIR

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 19 August 1910, Page 5

IN THE AIR

MORISANT'S ACHIEVEMENT. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, August 18. The Paris-to-Ueal liignc was Aiorisant's flfeth ascent. His age is thirtyfive years, and he was born in Chicago. He wore a layer of Japanese paper over his clothes, owing to the cold. -. Fileux, a mechanic, accompanied Morisant, who did not know the country, and throughout steered by comjiass i and maps. He used a monoplane, with a Gnome motor. The , wind thrico caught the machine and threatened to capsize it, the monoplane being sucked down several hundred feet before v could be righted. Morisant continues his journey today, seeking to reach the Crystal Palace.