CHANNEL FLIGHT
COALYI EM ORATED BY BLEIUOT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). PARIS, July 27. AT. Bleriot, who first flew the Channel in 1909, commemoratively flew from Le Bourget to Dover in the latest Bierot monoplane, accompanied by two navigators and a pi; Force areoplanes met the Frenchmen near Dover Clift's, and escorted them to Sw in gate Aerodrome, where crowds wildly cheered. A beautiful landing was made. The Alayor and the French Consul, and Sefton Brartckor, welcomed the fl’ers in the meadow, where-Bleriot first landed after a thirty-seven minutes’ flight, compared with to-day’s fifteen minutes. Al. Bierot said, with eight re-fuelling stations in the Atlantic, planes would proceed from London to America in 1949, as easily as the Channel was flown at .present.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1929, Page 6
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124CHANNEL FLIGHT Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1929, Page 6
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