AERONAUTICS.
A WOMAN PRIZE-WINNER. fiy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyriffht Rec. September 13, 10.20 p.m.) Paris, September 13. Mademoiselle Heleno Durtieu aeroplaned 143 miles at Chalons, winning tho Foniina Cup. AIR-FLIGHT ACROSS AMERICA. New York, September 12. Mr. Fowler lias started on a transcontinental aviation journey from San Francisco to New York. Hβ covered 126 miles on tho first day. THE AERO MAIL SERVICE. London, September 13. Twenty bags of letters have , been conveyed by tho aero post from Hendon to Windsor by three aviators; deepite n thick mist. Tho service will continue until Saturday. AN INAUSPICIOUS START. San Francisco, September 13. While Mr. Fowler was mounting ekywards in his attempt to cross tho Sierras, he fell through his rudder failing to work.i The aeroplane was wrecked, but Mr. Fowler escaped with a few bruises.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1232, 14 September 1911, Page 5
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