THE "SPAD" AIR HAWK
BLtRIOT'S NEW BATTLEPLANE. By Telegraph—Press Association-Conyr'"!: London, May 21. The new Bleriofc aeroplane; for the Trench Army is described as graceful but frail looking. It is named .the "Spad." H. Bleriot says it clinilis, rapidly and is capablo of a 6pee<l of 125 miles an hour. Only, expert aviators will use these machines, but these abound. The Spad's deadly work lias already been in evidence. Recent communiques state that they make rings around the. Fokkers. FAMOUS FRENCHMAN'S FATE. Paris, May 21. Anxiety is felt for the fate of Boillot, the famous racing motorist. He engaged five German aoronlanes, and soon brought down one. Boillot was then lost fc> 6ight, and has not returned.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 23 May 1916, Page 6
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117THE "SPAD" AIR HAWK Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 23 May 1916, Page 6
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