AERONAUTICS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 5

AERONAUTICS.

r~ —— 6 — M. CHAVEZ SUCCUiIBS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrieht. . i . . Berne, September 27. . ' H. Chavez, the aviator,, who started from Brigue (Switzerland), and crossed the Simplon Pass to Domo d'Ossola, Piedmont, Italy, in' fifty but then oame to grief . anil had both , his legs broken as the result of a gust' of wind catching liis machine,, has succumbed to • his injuries. - ' - • . ... IN WIRELESS ..COMMUNICATION. ' London, September 27. : Mr. Robert Loraine, the actor and aviator, maintained wireless communication between a moving aeroplane and the land at Amesbury, Wiltshire. SAILS OVER CHICAGO SKT- : " SCRAPERS. (Rec. September 28, 10.40 p.m.) New York, September 28. Mr.'Brooking,, the well-known aviator, sailed over the Chicago sky-scrapcrs. He will attempt on .Thursday to do an overland journey of 187 miles to'• Springfield. BRITISH AIR CORPS URGED. (Rec.. September 29,,0.55 a.m.) -. ■ London, September 28. •• "The Times" military correspondent states that the British military dirigible Beta i has accomplished more than .any other dirigible. : He'adds that the aeroplane) however, is... the best machine for * tactical. recon- | naisance, and recommends the creation, of a corps of airmen. '■ ' ,