Ren� Thomas (original) (raw)

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"The Milan meet was marred by the first collision to take place in the air.Captain Bertram Dickson , who had headed the lis tof prize winners at Rouen in June and had won all the prozes in a meet at Tours, was flying his slow Farman over the aerodrome at a height of 40 meters when the Frenchman Ren� Thomas rammed him in the rear with his speedier Antoinette. Both machine were wrecked, and both pilots badly hurt. While there were no immediately fatal consequences, the mishap to Dickson formed the basis of a legend that grew up around him."

France entered Alfred Leblanc, Count Jacqures de Lesseps, Emile Aubrun, Ren� Simon, and Ren� Barrier, all flying Bl�riots: Hubert Latham, whop was to captivate New York with his handling of the Antoinette; and Edmond Audemars and Roland Garros, two exponents of the low-slung, low-powered Demoiselle--both of whom had learned by trial and error at Issy-les-Moulineaux and who could be expected to gain little but experience from the meet. Ren� Thomas with his Antoinette had been listed to compete, but was prevented by the aerial collision at Milan."