"SCTLAND" IN THE AIR.
After a series of successful csliibitioiis of aviation skill in the South Island, Mr. J. W. H. Scotland will give an exhibition flight in Wellington at 3.30 on Saturday next at tilt AtUctie Park, wlithi f!io first aerial'ascent ever attempted in this city will l)o iiiadi). The iiiaslimp , used for tlie purposo is a Caudron biplane—l!» saiiio Bjachiiiß a.s used lot- 3!r. Scotland's recent eross-coMntfy, lotig-dis-tance nra frofli'Timaru'te C-brisWivircU —* distance of M 0 iftiles— iv!;icli h»(-Ac-oemplfeiicd in cmo hundred miuutes. Tfao rising mi-tl desectiding afo censitleMd tho most into resting yortimis of tiic pwgrawmo. whikt; the evoiutions in the asr arc extremoiy fasc'matiag, lic-Wins ths ortiwkors from tho time the raachino leaves tlie ground to its return t-s tlio point of' depirtare. This being tho fijst. oven't ef its kind ever attempted m Wel-linaton,-4 very, large attendance is-ox-IWctpd. Ovtir 30,000 persons witnessed ijio flight at phristchurcli recently,, and a !iroat ovation was given the aviator when 1« feturned to earth again, llro gates are to bo -opened at % o'clock, snw demonstrations are given with tire machine till tho time of its ascent.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 5
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186"SCTLAND" IN THE AIR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2010, 18 March 1914, Page 5
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