IN THE AIR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16488, 2 March 1914, Page 8

IN THE AIR.

' THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. • ft. TRIPLANE AND TEN MEN v •” ' PROPOSED. , fey Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. PARIS, February 27. The aviator Dimes has submitted plans for crossing the Atlantic to an Aerial Navigation Society. The machine he proposes to use will k'i be a triplano of four 200 li.p. engines, having a speed of 54 miles an hour. There will be three pilots, three mechanics, three naval officers and a commander on board. t .-The total weight will be nine thousand kilogrammes (between eight and nine tons). LOOPING THE LOOP NINE TIMES. PARIS, February 28. Lord Edward Grosvenor made nine successive loops in tho air. i GERMAN AIRSHIPS. _ REVOLVING SHELTERS-IN HELIGOLAND. (Received Alarch 1, 5.5 p.m.) \ BERLIN, February 28. A revolving shelter is being con- ■ structed at Heligoland to roceive airships in any wind. The shelter will be lowered in a trench and will become invisible when used in war time.