AIR MOTORING.
. T,oxi jon, October 6. Templer’s airship Nulli SeciiJi'.Vas leaving Farmborough at a.m.. and starting against a 'light wind, steered via Staines to London. The airship passed over St. Paul’s at 12.25 p.m., when it had travelled 33 miles. It circled round the dome of St. Paul’s, and finally at 2.15 p.m., skilfully descended to the centre of the cycle track at the Crystal Palace. Colonels Capper and Cody, and Lteut. Waterlow, who were aboard were delighted with the behaviour of the ship, which rose and fell at their bidding. The aeroplanes steered perfectly. The journey aroused intense public interest. The whirl of the screw and the noise of the motors were plainly audible.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 8 October 1907, Page 4
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115AIR MOTORING. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 8 October 1907, Page 4
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