,/- 1 – The above interesting diagram, from "The Lotdon" magazine, for which M essrs 'Gordon and Gotch aro local agents, illustrates the practicable possibility !. of flying" tho-Chanilel.;iA 'pathway of motor-boats'acrois the. Channel is shown. £ ike-mileposts: upon a jaoeroiirse,-tW boats-wM m<Mred eacL. in »' >'• ''station 'Their 'essential purpose is twofold—as a safe^anl-to the,aviator,. .and a s a.guide .also rapid, flight.-Attached, to each motor-boat.is a small cap-. : ;-'{ive -hrclroeen-illed balloon, carrying up a rope. Attached to the. rope.is i;whito,v streamer mth _blaok' figures* .upon it—and floated/at a height which,!,. idea of; having different altitudes jndica ted, -instead-of one uniform height is that the aeroplane should.rue steely up■ " wards £raid°d bv the: slant''of'the balloons, until it reaches-its'highest. altitiido at'rnid-Chaimel; afterwards sloping down again towards its The. disi '^ce Eomneyvto the. sands 'of: Wimere'ux is-'about; thirty-one:-; miles. The mileage is indicated by figures oil. the Mr. Latham s mono- . ':• twiSSto'the 4annel, is notshown in/the illustration; but' Mr. Bleriot smonop ane, the^nly.^machine: . accomplish • the-- flight,;. \ V &SlJKlSve in thb. imaginary, flight.depicted above. Our readers mil,be specially interested m tl.e different types of flying machines shown. -.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 574, 31 July 1909, Page 6

,/- 1 - The above interesting diagram, from "The Lotdon" magazine, for which M essrs 'Gordon and Gotch aro local agents, illustrates the practicable possibility !. of flying" tho-Chanilel. ;i A 'pathway of motor-boats'acrois the. Channel is shown. £ ike-mileposts: upon a jaoeroiirse,-tW boats-wM m<Mred eacL. in »' >'• ''station 'Their 'essential purpose is twofold—as a safe^anl-to the,aviator,. .and a s a.guide .also rapid, flight.-Attached, to each motor-boat. is a small cap-. : ; -'{ive -hrclroeen-illed balloon, carrying up a rope. Attached to the. rope.is i;whito,v streamer mth _blaok' figures* . upon it—and floated/at a height which,!,. idea of; having different altitudes jndica ted, -instead-of one uniform height is that the aeroplane should.rue steely up- ■ " wards £raid°d bv the : slant''of'the balloons, until it reaches-its'highest. altitiido at'rnid-Chaimel; afterwards sloping down again towards its The. disi '^ce Eomneyvto the. sands 'of : Wimere'ux is-'about; thirty-one:-; miles. The mileage is indicated by figures oil. the Mr. Latham s mono- . ':• twiSSto'the 4annel, is notshown in/the illustration; but' Mr. Bleriot smonop ane, the^nly.^machine: . accomplish • the-- flight,;. \ V &SlJKlSve in thb. imaginary, flight.depicted above. Our readers mil,be specially interested m tl.e different types of flying machines shown. -.