AERONAUTICS.
'. -'. —O— — : ,' BIG FRENCH PRIZES OFFERED. ij TelcerapV-Press A ssociation-Oopyrisht. ' (Rec. November 6, 5.5 p.m.) . Paris, November 5. The Government ■is offering £50,000 \in prizes for a competition in the building of aeroplanes.: '. > Only those. capable of travelling 190 miles without a stop will be eligible. The best machine will receive £4000, Mid-the ten aeroplanes placed'next in urder-of :merifr £1600' apiece.y;7' NEW height;PßlZE. ! (Rec. November 6, 5.5 p.m.) ■'';■' ....."'" New York, November 5. General Agnus, a newspaper proprietor) of Baltimore, offers a prize of £500 for:.the first aviator reaching an altitude .of 10,000 feet, and thus breaking the present world's record;of 9714 feet, established by Mr.' Johnstons at New York last week. . 'An aviation meeting is. proceeding at Baltimore. | ; AIRSHIP FLIGHT TO FRANCE. : (Rec. November 6, 5;5 p.m.) , London, November 5. /. Mr.'.C. Ti Willows has crossed the English Channel in an airship from London.' He landed at Douai, about 100 miles north of ParisV
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 7
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153AERONAUTICS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 967, 7 November 1910, Page 7
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