AERONAUTICS.
. 1.. BOilß-THROWIXG COMPETITION, By Tclccrapli—Press Association- CorrrisUl / * 1 ..Puris't August 12. , 111 l.lio aeroplane, bombrthrowing coinpetition' at. llourmejon, Gaubert (France) and Lieutenant Hcott (United Stales) tied. Each dropped eight out of fifteen boiulw on the'.target i'rpin a height of 900 uictrer (or -'nearly" 8000 ft-).• HEMAR.ICABLE. ALTITUDE FLIGHT, v -: London, August 12. Tho Do Hnvilland army bipliiuo at Saliabury .Plain took up a passenger to floOOft., niitl- remained, at that altitude for'three hours. v
(Ree. August 13, 11.23. p'.m.) ' ...j, tendon,' August 13. . O.iviiig;. to, tho.jEb'bw,Y»ip. colliers' ~6trik» tho EbW Vale steelworks, employing 5000 '.men, have closed. There are now.'. 10,000. men idle, ;
. JiYAR.OFFICE AIR SCHOOL... (Rec. August 13, 11.25 p.m.) London, August 19. The' War Oflic'e'has'q'uietly'orjn'ini'ci an "acropolis,"' c«n>i.feting "of a schaol with' accommodation for twenty pupils, sixteen hangars, a workshop, a fabric factory, A hospital, and various buildings olnljorately equipped for aviation instruciion. The settlement is in a. lonely ■ part of Salisbury Plain. <•
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1518, 14 August 1912, Page 7
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156AERONAUTICS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1518, 14 August 1912, Page 7
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