AERIAL FLIGHT.
THE FIRST IN AUSTRALIA. THREE ASCENTS. THREE MILES COVERED IN FOUR ' . MINUTES. ; By Telegraph-Press Aseoolation-Copyrltht. (Rec. March 19, 0.55 a.m. Melbourne, March 18. The first aerial flight in Australia was accomplished by Houdini, a music-hall performer. Ho used a Voisin biplane weighing 14001b. with a 68 h.p. petrol engine. The trial took place at Digger's Rest, three asconts being made. In the first, he covered a mile in a little over a minute, at a height of 40 feet. .
In the second, he went up 100 feet, and remained- in the air three minutes.
In the third flight, he covered three miles in a little over four minutes. The •machine descended gracefully and gently to the earth.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 5
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119AERIAL FLIGHT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 770, 19 March 1910, Page 5
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