AVIATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 11 September 1913, Page 7

AVIATION.

DEATH T\ T .MID All?,. [Bv Electric Telegraph—-Copyright ' [Dnited Press Association.] Berlin, Septon.he'• ID Dr. Rings, while circling at Jolai:hesilial, Hying ft begat r. r SKJIt. died of heart .’ailuvo. 1 lis. hai c!s jeinained grasping Ho unco) of ti e monoplane while it cor u inocl si-oacily to ascend. A gust cha-ged. its position, throwing the daojf.sr.d’j ne’glii ove,r the wheel and imp.'"trig to tin machine a vevfc'nai post non. Jt fell ten minutes after Ring'd death Lis hands were still clasped to the wheel.

THE LI DISASTER. Berlin, September id. I The airship LI was stac/med at i Cm:haven, participating in the naval | manoeuvres. 'While engaged ,iii a I snouting flight she-was struck sudcicrt'Jly amidships by a terrible gale. Thirteen wore drowned,, inclu ting Captains iMetzing (commander of the Naval Airship Division) and Hanne (aifs'i'p Jpilot), also several members of the Xaval Commission supe.rvt-sing the airship trials. The LI was an hour on the surface lof the water before sinking. She heckled in the middle. The darkness arid roughness of the sea impeded the re cners. Xows of the disaster was telephoned to the Kaiser at Salzhrunn. He was greatly distressed. CODVcd AEROPLAXE. London, August 10. Cody’s equipment was auctioned Tim monoplane cost £.300 to build and fetched £l-1. THE CSE OF AIRSHIPS. * f i v Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. Berlin, September 10. Tlie manoeuvres i.ave liegun at S If s lia, and both sides a'o accompanied by j air-hips. Xtimorous aircraft will cs>r.y officers of the gonorr.,l staff and engage in mimic homh-tiin.ving. Paris, September 10, I The aeroplane squa'i'-mis are coneciiItrcting preparatory to 1 1:3 a>my mao- | opr '/res. Six aeroplanes, followed h' ! ro. :i and repair motor ears, Hew f>te jlm died miles according to time jlllDio.