AERIAL TRAFFIC.
A LIGHT FOR PILOTS. (BT CABLE —PBBSS ASSOCIATION—COPrKIOHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) PARIS, April 20. A 1,000,000,000 candle-power revolving lighthouse at Montafriquej near Dijon, was lighted for the first time to-night. It is intended to assist the aeroplane service between Paris and Algiers. "When the weather is clear the rays will be visible within a radius of 500 miles, including Brussels, Dieppe, Lille, Milan and Frankfurt. The lighthouse cosb 1,500,000 francs, and is seventeen times more brilliant than the 60,000,000 candle-power lighthouse at New Jersey.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18363, 22 April 1925, Page 9
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88AERIAL TRAFFIC. Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18363, 22 April 1925, Page 9
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