MILITARY AIRSHIPS.
BRITISH EFFORTS. rtEW AfcROPLANE AND NEW BALLOON. .WRIGHT MACHINES, (ni ißMßfiipn—rnisa association—coprniairr.) London, Ma; 5. Captain J, W. Dniuie, of tho Royal Engineers, is tho inventor of an aoroplano which has been mysteriously tested in tho Scottish lulls. One flight covered 1 twelve milea This was tho rbason l tho War Office did not approach* tho Wright Brothers earlier Thd Wrlghttf ort Monday visited Mr. HaU dane, Secretary fof Wa-r, and yesterday inspected six of their atfroplanes- which ard 1 being constructed in tho Acto Club's' ~ grounds in tho Island of Sheppey. , # A new typo of dirigible balloon for tho British Army has made a successful flight at Aiders-hot. SCffiNTITTO ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (Rec. May 6, 9.16 pm.) lioifdofli May 6*. Tho Government has appointed a committce, under Lord Hmjleigh, tho crdineni physicist, to advise tho Admiralty arid tho* War' Offi'co upon the rtmsttuctibrf of balloons and aeroplanes with funds voted'for oxperiihenfc purposes.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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154MILITARY AIRSHIPS. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 5
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