ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
CAMPBELL'S DEATH. Bj Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 4. Dempster, an eve-witness of the accident iby which Campbell, the Australian aviator, was'killed at Brooklands, states that lie went too high in order to effect I a convenient landing in an aerodrome which is 000 yards distant, and in male- 1 ing a circle downwards turned a complete somersault, but >by an extraordinary effort right the machine, and 200 feet from the ground started to fly to the aerodrome. In making a turn something 'went wrong, and the machine fell ' like a shot. j : ANOTHER ACCOUNT. I » London, August 4. | Campibnll ascended in a slight mist, | and was turning a corner when his monoI plane side-slipped. He fell 800 feet. His I chest was crushed, and lie died in a few I minutes. t MAX-LI FTIX<I KITES. i London, August 4. ' Tho War Office has awarded Colonel i Cody £SOOO in connection with his inI vention of mail-lifting kites.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 67, 6 August 1912, Page 5
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159ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 67, 6 August 1912, Page 5
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