CONQUEST OF THE AIR.
ACCIIDEXT TO A DlliltilULE. THE llllEtMS AVIATION .MEETING. KEMAUKAMEE FLKIHTS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyriga. iteceived August 24, 10.50 p.m. Paris, August 24. After beating the altitude records, attaining a height oi 15011 metres (4,200 feel), the French dirigible •■Clement liavard," on its trial trip before delivery to'liussia, and while descending at MaiMinslaliitle, was caught liv a squall ami si ruck a tree. The ear fell inlo the Seine. The four' occupants swam to saietv. In 'the elementary trials nt the llhcinis contest.;, Paudhate, on a Voison biplane, covered 111-';'; miles in 511 minutes. ltleriot, on a ."ill horse-power monoplane, made a world's speed record, covering 10 kilometres («% miles) ill H minutes 42 seconds. Curtis on a biplane, then beat this l,v 7 seconds. 'The ltrilish dele-ate-', headed by Co.ncral French, are expected at Hheims to-day.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 173, 25 August 1909, Page 2
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138CONQUEST OF THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 173, 25 August 1909, Page 2
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