PEGOUD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 22, 26 September 1913, Page 5

PEGOUD.

THE AVIATION HERO. SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyrightj I United Fresh Association.i (Received 11.30 a.m.) London, September 25. Pegoud, at Brooklands, before a large crowd, strapped to a Bleriot monoplane, climbed 300 feet, dived, turned the aeroplane over headlong, then sideways, recovered,and then volplaned to the earth. He twice repeated the performance, completely looping the loop and gliding upsidedown for seven hundred yards. There was intense excitement as the crowd carried Pegoud shoulder-high round the enclosure. While flying was in progress flames broke out amidst a hundred motor cars belonging to spectators owing to tho smashing of a petrol tank. Tho wh oleline was threatened because the cars werb closely packed. Extinguishers confined tho fire to four cars.

THE ULSTER SERVICE. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables. London, September 25. Sir E. Carson has received nume'rons applications from aviators for service in Ulster and has puhlished/the list. GARROS’ FLIGHT. Paris, September 25. Tho Press is jubilant at Garros’ Mediterranean flight, and regard it as a definite triumph for French aviation. It is suggested that the Legion of Honor should he conferred on Garros. A CONFIDENT AIRMAN. London, September 25. Pegoud was welcomed to London. He declared that his wish was to prove that if a pilot keeps cool and uses a decent machine there is no need to fear mishap. He could also demonstrate the safety of flying if an airman kept at a certain height,, THE RECENT DISASTER. London, September 25.i 1 Pickles is improving, but Mrs Stocks is still uriconsciousi >'■ : i ( . O i- f ’ ' 1 THE CODY FUND. '<■ . ; (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, September 25. The Cody fund has reached £I2OO.