INLAND LIGHTHOUSES.
FOR GUIDING AVIATORS. By Telegraph-Press : Association-Copyright "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, November 20. 'The construction of inland lighthouses with'tho object of aiding aviators is rapidly proceeding. THREE "LOOPS" IX 20 SECOXDS. London, November 26. Mr. Hucks, the aviator, at Ilcndon, rose- to a height of 2000 feet and mado six loops, of which throe, were mado successively in twenty seconds. BLERIOT'S CHIEF PILOT KILLED. "Times" —Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. Paris, November 26. M. Porroyou, chief pilot at the Bleriot Aerial School, was trying a new type of biplane, when tho machine suddenly tilted and turned turtle at a height of fifty feet, and fell to the ground, M. Porrcyou being fatally crushed. Ho held the altitude record—twenty thousand feot, BURNED TO DEATH. (Rec. November 27, 11.10 p.m.) Paris, November 27. Two military aviators foil at Mourmalon. Their petrol tank exploded, and both were burned to death.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1918, 28 November 1913, Page 7
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149INLAND LIGHTHOUSES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1918, 28 November 1913, Page 7
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