A BRITISH AIRSHIP
SUCCESSFUL SECRET FLIGHTS. IRISH CHANNEL CROSSED.' ! IDENTICAL WITH~THE "MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP." By Coble.—-Press Association.—Copyright Received 7, 10.55 p.m. , . * London, July ". A private syndicate, with a quarter of a million capital, is being formed to work Dr. M. Boyd's airship. He and two rampanions crossed the Irish Channel in the utmost secrecy at night time last May at a height ot 3500 feet. It took the ship four hours to cover a distance of DO miles. The party landed iieai JJelfast and re-crossed the following night.
Dr. Boyd admits that his airship was the nijstenous' one reported at Caerphill.v, Cardiff, Northampton, and elsewhere.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 137, 8 July 1909, Page 2
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104A BRITISH AIRSHIP Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 137, 8 July 1909, Page 2
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