GREAT GALLOON VOYAGE.
AKIN in AITS CO TO KEY) IN THE AH!. London. Nnvcmner :iO. Mr L'.'.lie llueknall. who left Wands worth ;..irworks on 'J'uesdny afi-r----lioon in his balloon A iviciii.se l\'.. rcad-d Itye. Si::---,, al live o'clock, and errs. Ed til- Cnaure! to I,' Ton (jiiet. des ,■:;(!. I on Wedne-dny at Ve wa- a rc:nar\ah!c one -J a'nm' -121! aii - i.i i\lc u imti.vs. lot,, vviee.c! oa. his return. Mr Rucknail. weo «,is accompanied on his vi Vii'.;e bv Mr j'ereival Spencer, sa'd: "We had an excellent descuil at Yevey: and we hcsiLUAt wliclln r we slum (I cross the Alps to Italy. Wo would have had to rise to l'li.OOO or ]7.0(1 feet to clear thorn, and wc decided Hint di-crction was the better part ofvalor. lint, if 1 had an oxygen aparalus on board I should have k'une on." The aeronauts took it in (urn to ounpy a bed, which I hey had in the balloon, and thus enjoyed the uni.pie experience of shvpine; in the clouds. The liighot altitude reached was fiIJOU feet.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 4
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177GREAT GALLOON VOYAGE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 4
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