AERONAUTICS.
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT. By Telterapli— Press Asaociation-OopyrieW New York, October 30. From Sierra Bianca, in tho Rocky Mountains, comes news that Mr. Rodgers, the aviator, covered 230 miles in 229 minutes during the across-tlie-continent flight. Other aviators taking part are not making good progress.
BRITISH ARMY AIR FORCE. (Rec. November 1, 0.35 a.m.) London, October 31. Colonel Soeley, Parliamentary "Undersecretary to tho War Office, has outlined a scheme for bringing Great Britain up to a high standard in aviation, especially as regards speedy monoplanes. A hundred officers are to be trained as observers mid air pilots.
Several aviators are competing for a 50,000 dollar prize ottered tor the first successful trip across the Continent. 'Die aorial voyage must bo completed in thirty days from the time of starting, but the many accidents that have up to the present writing happened to the contestants make the success of any of thorn a matter of doubt. One hundred miles a day for a> mouth seems, in the present stage of aviation, to be asking too much.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 1 November 1911, Page 5
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175AERONAUTICS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1274, 1 November 1911, Page 5
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