AERONAUTICS.
FAST FLYING BY VEDRINES. By Telceranli—Press Aeiociation-Gor-yriKhl Chicago, September 9. ' M. Vedrines (Franco), flying in the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Cup races, averaged 105 miles an bour,. beating the American aviators. The latter averaged 78 miles. M. Vedrinos's victory for tho cup is assured. » (Hec. Soptomber 10, 11.10 p.m.) New York, September 10. Vedrines has won tho Gordon Bennett Cup. He was the only Frenchman ablo to compete-. ALTITUDE RECORD. Paris, September 9. SI. Garros, an aviator, reached a record altitude of 16,100 feet. His engine then broke down, and he descended by a hug*, thrilling volplane, a distance of 15,000 feet.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19120911.2.75
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
101AERONAUTICS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in