AERONAUTICS.
MISSING BALLOON ARRIVES.
A WORLD'S RECORD.
By Tolegraph-Press AKsociation-Oopjriffht.
; Vancouver, October 26. : Two hundred pounds reward'is offered for news of the missing navigators of America 11, the'balloon which started in the race from SjL Louis to Canada, and has not been since heard of.
: ■ (Rec. October 27, 11.40 p.m.).' , : 1 Ottawa, October .27."'., A tolegram from the lost balloonists announce that they have landed safely in the wilderness, 277 miles north of .Quebec' . ■ "■";. . .-' '
■It is officially stated that the aeronauts in this balloon, the" America llj Messrs, Hawley and Post, have won the Gordon ?onnott Cup by covering 1350 miles. This is a world's > record. T ;, .. SOME FAST FLIGHTS. ':' (Ree. October. 28, ll.iO p.nu) ■ ";; New; York, October' 27. Mr. Lathain, at the aviation meeting at Belmont Park, flew ten miles in eight minutes. '',;'. ■•. M. Albrun covered the eamo distance in seven minutes. These times are unofficial. In the morning a gale prevented any ■flighbs.. ;.";.;'...;; ,;.V. ; ;,. ;. ;,■ ;■., .....;-. FROM FSANCE TO ALDEESHOT.'•■■'■ , London, October '26. ':■■ The "Morning Post's" correspondent states that a Lebaudy airship voyagedfrom Moissons, .in the : Department:, of Seine-et-Oise, to Aldershot in five houre. When entering, the shed the envelope of; the airship ripped and it collapsed with a crash. The damage is serious. ■ .. ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED,. '..'V" Paris, October 20. M. Blanchard, an aviator, fell from a height of «0 feet, and was killed, at Naples. ■ ■>..., ....'.■■■}■
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 959, 28 October 1910, Page 5
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