AERIAL NAVIGATION.
COUNT ZEPPELIN'S TRIP. COLLISION WITH A TREE. Received June 1, 8.45 a.m< BERLIN, May 31. Count Zeppelin's airship, after being aloft thirty-six hours, collided with a tree at Zoppingen, and stove in her bow. Received June 1, 10.20 p.m. BERLIN, Junel. Count Zeppelin travelled 900 miles in his airship in 38 /'hours. He descended to replenish his supply of benzine, and, flying low, failed to notice a tree. The aluminium framework of the airship was smashed tor a length of 30 yards, and the forward horizontal rudder was destroyed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3204, 2 June 1909, Page 5
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91AERIAL NAVIGATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3204, 2 June 1909, Page 5
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