A Ballooning Feat.
A San Francisco aeronaut, T. R. Baldwin, made a successful descent by paraohule from a balloon at Kockaway Beach on August 9th. He dropped 1,000 foot, and was 84 seconds in doing so, bunging 1 up in shallow water, from whence he wib lakfii by boats. The- distance of descent nas announced to be 5,000 feet, but the balloonibt's courage failed him, and he reduced it one-lifth.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAN18870924.2.29
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
70A Ballooning Feat. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in