THE ÆRIAL AGE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 168, 25 October 1910, Page 5

THE ÆRIAL AGE.

THE NEW YORK CONTESTS. AN ENGLISHMAN'S SUCCESS. By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright. New York, October 23. Grahame White aviated a hundred kilometres in two hours, taking the first distance prize in the contest. Moissant flew alone twenty miles across country in a thick fog, steering bv compass in rain and sharp east wind. Records were not made.

BALLOONS MISSING. Vancouver. October 23. The balloons Azurea. Dusseldorf 111. and America 11. are missing. It is believed that they are lost in the forests of Northern Canada. Relief expeditions will start to-day. Later reports state that the missing Dusseldorf 11. landed at Kiskisink, Quebec province. A world's record distance was covered. The Azurea landed at Besco, Ontario. The aeronauts aboard the America 11. are believed to have landed on an island in Lake Hurot. f - PASSENGERS IN THE AIR. Paris, October 24. The Lebaudy dirigible airship made a 2 1 ,4-hours' flight with eight passengers, circling round Nantes Cathedral. The Minister of "War has appointed a permanent inspector of military aeronautics. INTERNATIONAL AVIATION MEET. AN UNEVENTFUL DAY. Received 24, 10.40 p.m. New York, October 24. There were no flights, and 7500 spectators at the second day of the International Aviation Meet at Belmont Park, Long Island, were disappointed. The wind was so strong that only two aviators, Grahame White and Moissant, dared to ascend. Both came to grief, though without personal injuries.