THE TRAGIC FLIGHT ACROSS THE ICY HEIGHTS OF THE ALPS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 20, 16 November 1910, Page 20

THE TRAGIC FLIGHT ACROSS THE ICY HEIGHTS OF THE ALPS.

kmg ’ seri^ 8 0/aeronHne io'tmuests 'was' i Al,, \" 1 ? lch . se I'“™t« Switzerland and Italy, has been accomplished by aeroplane. This, the culminating step in the hi« credit in the matter of hhrh ttvlmr '? n , ! ’*’l’tember -3 by M Chavez, a young aviator only 23 years of age, who already had remarkable achievements to P Ossola in it-Iv iu'so min'inM fl ‘rnfo r^ 1 . 7 1 Brtgue in the Rhone 'alley (.Swiss territory) crossing the mountains by way of the Simplon Pass to Domo P U 1 lt-ilj. in .A minutes. I nfor tuuately in the descent a sudden gust overturned the machine. When M. Chavez was recovered from the debris it was found that he had sustained injuries to which he succumbed a few days later.