25 YEARS AGO
FIRST CHANNEL FLIGHT. M. BLERIOT HONOURED.
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(Received June 24, 6.30 p.m.) PARIS, June 24. At the height of the celebrations at Versailles of the 25th anniversary of his cross-channel flight, M. Louis Bleriot suffered a heart attackr after walking for ian hour in the hot sun at Buc aerodrome, the scene of his early experiments. He recovered after lying down and was welcomed by M. Doumergue, Lord Londonderry, and other visitors. M. Bleriot showed them the aeroplane in which he flew the ehannei and which was subsequently again flown, contrasting strangely with a display by fourteen British Air Force pilots, flying the latest Hawker Fiiries. 1 | ■
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 5
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