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1909
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JULY 17, 1909. TWENTY^FIVE MILES ACROSS COUNTRY— BLERIOT'S GREAT FLIGHT. M. BLERIOT'S GREAT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.—The start from Mondeslr, near Etampes. M. Bleriotis in the aviator's seat, and M. Anzani is just starting the motor of which he is the maker. NOT the least interesting part about the whole affair of M. Bleriot's wonderful flight is the almost casual manner in which it was undertaken. M. Bleriot has indeed been a busy man of late, and what with trotting to and fro between Douai, Paris, Mondesir, and other places, he has really had very little time to himself. Only on Saturday last he was making some very successful flights at Douai with one of his other machines, and he just left his small-span flyer to more or less look after itself until conditions promised favourably for his long flight. It was on Monday evening that he really decided that " to-morrow" should be the day, and having seen that the Anzani engine was working properly, he had the flyer taken from the farmyard, where he had "lodged " it, a kilometre and a half down the road to the south of Etampes. There he stored it, covered up in ticking against a haystack in a field overnight, while he went to stay at Toury with M. Lambert. At 3.30 a.m., M. BLERIOT'S GREAT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.—During his great flight from Etampes to Orleans,M. Bleriot passed over the railway line just before reaching Artenay at the same time as the Bordeaux express was on its way. This unique incident is seen above. 421 C 2
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