ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
GORDON-BENNETT RACE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigat. New York, August 11. As the result of the recent balloon elimination races, Captain Honeywell, John Watts, and Albert Holtze will act as pilots of the American balloons competing in the Gordon-Bennett race in Germany in the autumn. SPEED TESTS. London, August 11. Among the official results of the speed trials at Aldcrshot the Hauriot monoplane attained a speed of 74.6 miles per hour, a Deperdussin 0.l miles, and a Bleriot monoplane Cl.l miles per hour. A DARING DUCHESS. London. August 11. Grahame-Wliite flew with the Duchess of Westminster in a waterplane off Cowcs. AEROPLANE MAIL SERVICE. New York, August 11. Walter Edwards, with a GO horsepower aeroplane, has established the first aerial mail in the North-West. On a seven-mile flight he carried fifteen lurodred pieces of mail matter in ten minutes.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 73, 13 August 1912, Page 5
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139ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 73, 13 August 1912, Page 5
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