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 "L'ILLUSTRATION"

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1906

Mr. Santos-Dumont, already winner of the Deutsch prize, of 100.000 fcs. thanks to his airship, has just won also, last Tuesday, the Archdeacon Cup, reserved for the aviation devices. Mounted on this original device, Mr. Santos-Dumont, has covered, the other morning, a short flight, a distance of 60 meters. The photograph that we give here is, we believe, the only one that was authentically taken during this exciting experience; it shows that the aeroplane did not rise to a great height above the ground: about 2 meters. But this was not the question, and the great interest of the experiment was to demonstrate that it is possible, without the help of a support lighter than the air, to realize the plane flight. This demonstration is today made.

Here is part of the article that "L'Illustration" published and, on the opposite page, the accompanying photograph.