SKY SOMERSAULTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 7

SKY SOMERSAULTS.

PEGODD ASTONISHES THE BRITISH PUBLIC. INTENSE EXCITEMENT, By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, September 25. M. Pegoud appeared at Mrooklaiuls i before a largo crowd. Strapped to bis Bleriot monoplane, be climbed to a height of tbree thousand foot, and then dived. Ho turned tlio aeroplane over headlong, then travelled sideways, recovering tlio upright position, and volplaned to earth. The feat was twico repeated, the aviator completely looping the loop, and gliding upside down ior seven hundred yards. There was intense excitement. Tlio crowd shouldered M. Pegoud around the enclosure. During the flying, (lames broke out in tlio midst of hundreds of motor-cars, belonging to spectators, owing to the , smashing of a petrol tank. The wbole line of cars was threatened, because the cars were closely packed, but the firefighters confined tlio fire to-four cars. (Rcc. September 26, 10.55 p.m.) London, September 26. M. Pegoud, with marvellous skill and coolness, soared up in a. strong wind, cnt olf his engine, and dived vertically. Then slowly, and without, a perceptible effort, the monoplaiio rolled over on its back, descended in a spiral, and gradually righted itself. In bis sccond flight Pegoud was upside down for 30 seconds. Then ho turned over and suddenly darted upwards. The engine stopped then, and as tlio machine became vertical tlio aviator restarted it, Pegoud completely somersaulted in a very small radius. ' In the third flight the cngino was almost vertical, and the machine remained motionless for a few seconds; then slid backwards and downwards. Next, with a quick movement of the controls, it dived noso downwards and then righted itself. A LIVELY EXPERIENCE. (Roc. September 26, 10.5 p.m.) Paris, September 26. The aviator Moreau, with two passengers, won tlio National Aerial League's ''automatic stability" prize, flying for twenty minutes without touching the lover or the handle. . His passengers had an exciting experience. A forty-mile wind prevailed at the time, and the aeroplane rolled so much that tflc passengers repeatedly shouted'to the aviator to relinquish the contost, and seize the lovers. Moreau refused. LATE COLONEL CODY. "Times"-—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, September 25. Tlio fund for the relatives of the lato Mr. S. I°. Cody, the well-known aviator, who recently lost his life while making a flight in a. machirio with which he intended to compoto for tlio "Daily Mail" prize, has readied £1200. ARMOURED AEROPLANES. NEW TERROR OF THE AIR. "Tiiues" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (iloc. September 20, 7.10 p.m.) Paris, September 26. A now typo of armoured aeroplane, christened tlio "Zoppelin destroyer," is to be tried shortly. It lias boon constructed with the greatest secrecy at the army factory. It carries a Hotclikiss gun, and, it is anticipated it will bo fast enough to ovcrtako tho Zeppelin airships.