. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. n is still in an experimentalstage; the great weight necessary inthe windless, tackle and machineryprecluding the use of the devicesfamiliar on aquatic craft. M. Rambaud announced that hewould endeavor to land us on the road,and that by sailing under reducedpower and steering very carefully hemight manage to make a landing forthe aeroplane so soon thereafter that THE AERIAL ENCOUNTER OF JUDGE REARDON 127 the automobile would not be draggedacross the stone walls that are sucha conspicuous feature of the landscapein the immediate vicinity of theFrench ca
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. n is still in an experimentalstage; the great weight necessary inthe windless, tackle and machineryprecluding the use of the devicesfamiliar on aquatic craft. M. Rambaud announced that hewould endeavor to land us on the road,and that by sailing under reducedpower and steering very carefully hemight manage to make a landing forthe aeroplane so soon thereafter that THE AERIAL ENCOUNTER OF JUDGE REARDON 127 the automobile would not be draggedacross the stone walls that are sucha conspicuous feature of the landscapein the immediate vicinity of theFrench capital. Unfortunately, we landed in agreenhouse. The aeronaut was pro-fuse in his apologies, and called downfrom his lofty height as we neared theroof of the unfortunate gardnererspremises, explaining that a suddenpull of wind had proved too much forhis already weakened engine, so thathis car was no longer entirelydirigible. The radiator of the auto-mobile was the first to strike; it wentcrashing through the glass, sash, ??-^Ik ir^BMj. Pardon, messieurs. ,frame and all, and had hardly reachedthe support of the upper timbers ofthe greenhouse when, the front beingthus again supported, the machinequickly righted itself; the chassiscrashed through the frail supports,and amid the most indescribable con-fusion of breaking glass, crashingframes and flowerpots ground topieces, we found ourselves, disheveledand astonished, sitting bolt upright inthe car, and gazing in amazement atthe forest of ferns, ruins of geraniums,roses and a multitude of exotics whosebroken stems and dismantled branchesbore all too painful witness to theruin we had caused. We had descended so rapidly fromthe cool upper strata of the atmos- phere that the sudden high tempera-ture of the conservatory was, as I re-member, very distressing. But in amoment we had forgotten all aboutthe heat. The aeroplane was still sail-ing bravely on; and the automobilehad scarcely righted itself, when,obeying the pull of the airship,
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