AERIAL NAVIGATION.
TWO BALLOONISTS CROSS! THE CARPATHIANS. , \ A RECORD FLIGHT. (By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) (United Press Association.) , \ Paris, January 15. Duconnot and Dupont bnlloofied from Plamettc Brouil to Sokolowska, in Russia, 50 metres beyond the'.record, They crossed the Carpathians at a height of ten thousand feet. ,The> flight occu2)ied 29 hours ,55. minutes, and was finished in a rainstorm, during which the thermometer registered 4 degrees below zero (fahrenheit). When they alighted no habitation was in sight, and their provisions wore frozen. They were foodloss for three days. They were obliged to leave the balloon, but saved the \ basket . j and instruments. A FORTY HOURS’ TRIP. \ (Received 16, 10.35 a.rn.) London, January 15. Beurmann and Korn, members of the Saxony Aero Club, ballooneu'Ji'om Dresden to Ekaterinoslav, a 'distance of 1800 kilometres, in forty hours.''..
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 28, 16 January 1912, Page 5
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134AERIAL NAVIGATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 28, 16 January 1912, Page 5
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