ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
FRENCH AIRMAN KILLED. By Gable-HPreas Association—Copyright. Paris, December 28. laffont, who is not the naval aviator, bat another man of the same name, at a height of 125 feet left his plane, which snapped. The machine turned a somersault, and Laffont's skull was fractured and his arm driven into his body. Pok, another aviator, had his throat pierced by a splinter of wood.
ANOTHER FLYING FATALITY. Received 29, 925 pan. Bio de Janeiro, December 29. Picolio, an Italian, when aeroplaning at San Paulo, fell 400 feet, and was killed. A FRESH RECORD. Received 30, 1.3 ajn. London, December 29. Alec Ogflvie, competing in the Michelin Cap, covered L 47 miles in 235 minutes at Rye, beating Cody's all-British record. THE AERIAL DERBY.
A MILE A MINUTE. . Received 30, 1.3 ajn. New York, December 29. Radley won the Aerial Derby at Los Angeles. He covered 8% miles in 9min 15 and flew several laps at the rate of a mile a minute. He used a Bleriot monoplane. Ely (France) was second, and Earmalic (America) third.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 30 December 1910, Page 5
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176ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 30 December 1910, Page 5
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