IN THE AIR.
"THE FLYING FOX." DEATH OF A FAMOUS AVIATOR. Received Sept. 1, 7.20 p.m. London, Sept. 1. Fegoud, the well-known aviator, has been killed. Adolplie IPegoud, known amongst airmen a.5 "the Flying Fox," was probably the moist renowned of aviators. He first came into prominence by his feats of "looping the loop," and flying upside down in a Bleriofc monoplane, in 1913. He served in the French campaign in Morocco in 1907, and entered tlie French Army Flying Service in 11)13. Several times during the present war Pegond has been reported killed or missing, but (lie da,ring airman always turned upsafelv after liis encounters with the enemy. Pegoud wa.9 28 years of ago.)
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1915, Page 5
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115IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1915, Page 5
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