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13 Nov 1906.
[[?]]UCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT WITH HIS AEROPLANE AT BAGATELLE
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[[?]] IN FLIGHT 

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SANTOS DUMONT
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Herald. New York. 
13 Nov. 1906

New Aeronautic Feats. 

Two notable achievements in aeronautics are chronicled in special cable despatches to this morning's Herald. 

A despatch from Paris describes the brilliant success scored there yesterday by M. Santos-Dumont with his heavier-than-air machine, and a despatch from Milan Tells the thrilling story of the two voyagers who rose from Exposition grounds in that city on Sunday and crossed the Alps into France. 

M. Santos-Dumont made a splendid dirigible flight and would have prolonged it but for the interference caused by spectators. He has made a long step toward solving the problem of practicable navigation of the air. 

The balloonists from Milan crossed Mont Blane, which is three miles high, passing a thousand feet above its summit in a temperature 29 degrees Fahrenheit below zero and in an atmosphere so rare that they endured only with the aid of oxygen carried in tubes. 

the Herald's special cables describing these remarkable aeronautic feats are intensely interesting [[/]] 

AEROPLANE, OVER HEADS OF CROWD, FLIES 685 FEET

M. Santos-Dumont Soars in the Bird of Prey in Triumph Above the Field of Bagatelle. 

SPECTATORS' PANIC CHECKS HIS FLIGHT 

Screaming Women Beneath 
Airships Causes Aeronaut 
to Lose His Nerve. 

DESCENDS AT HIS WILL 

Experiment Declared to Have Proved the Theory of "Heavier Than Air" Navigation. 

[SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.] 
Herald Bureau, 
No. 49 Avenue De L'Opera. 
Paris, Tuesday. 

The Herald's European edition publishe[[?]] the following:-

Those people who have been in any way sceptical with regard to the previous experiments made by M. Santos-Dumont in that domain of aerostation known as "heavier than air" can no longer have the slightest grounds for their attitude after the marvellous prolonged flight made by the dauntless Brazillian this afternoon just before dusk on the field of Bagatelle. 

In twenty-one seconds the Bird of Prey flew 210 metres (about 685 feet), at a height of between two and three metres (about 10 feet) from the ground, and there is every reason to think that M. Santos-Dumont would be at this moment the winner of Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of 50,000£ ($10,000) had it not been for the stupid conduct of a section of the crowd which thronged the field. 

Early this morning the Bird of Prey was wheeled from the hangar at Nenilly to the starting point, where a hundred people had assembled. Among the well known sportsmen there was Marquis de Dion, M. René de Knyff, M. Deutsch de la Meurthe, M. Surcouf, the Comte de Lambert, MM. Archdeacon, Capterrer, Rousseau, Besançon, Journu and most of the active members of the Aero Club, including M. Jacques Faure. 

Rival Aeroplane There. 

The entire field was surrounded by automobiles, the occupants of which had descended to witness the remarkable proceedings. The occasion presented a special interest, as at another point of the field M. Bleriot's aeroplane was also being equipped for flight, and for the time it was conjectured there might even be a keen contest in the air between the two machines. 

Shortly before ten o'clock the first experiment with the Bird of Prey commenced. The motor, affected by the chilly air, did not give its maximum force, and although flight was attained it did not extend in any instance for more than fifty or sixty metres. The length of the field was taken several times, and it was amply demonstrated that M. Santos-Dumont could steer in any direction he desired almost as easily as with an automobile. He turned and steered in a most simple fashion, even with the wheels upon the ground, but he failed to obtain definite flight. 

Postponement for Repairs. 

By twelve o'clock it was decided to postpone further experiments until two o'clock, as one of the wheels required adjusting after a slight shock in descending. Meanwhile the Bleriot machine was executing various manoeuvres up and down the field, but the two wooden propellers with which it was furnished hardly seem to have sufficient grip upon the air. Moreover, the motors were not sufficiently au point. 

The machine refused to leave the ground. Experiments with this aeroplane were put to an end for some time to come by reason of an accident of a curious nature. The man in charge was busily occupied doing something to one of the two motors, and had diverted this attention from the route. The result was that the heavy structure bounded across the road at the far end of the field, and the shock was so great that the propellers were smashed and the frame was splintered. Fortunately no one was hurt. There was nothing left to do but cart the apparatus away for alternations and repairs. 

At two o'clock a breeze was blowing. M. Santos-Dumont thought it was too strong [[?]]