LONDON TO AUSTRALIA.
PROPOSED FLYING CONTEST. London, August :i. It is proposed to hold an aeroplane race from London to Japan. "M. Beaumont" (Lieutenant Conneau, of the French navy), who won the recent race round Britain, has suggested that there should be a flying contest, from London to Australia. He declares that there would lie enough competitors if the prir.e were made sufficiently tempting, but admits that the cost of establishing Land controls and providing ocean patrols would be immense.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 43, 12 August 1911, Page 3
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80LONDON TO AUSTRALIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 43, 12 August 1911, Page 3
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