AERIAL NAVIGATION.
A NEW AIRSHIP. Received Ji 1' 7, 11.15 F.m. LONDON, July 7. A private syndicate with a capital of £250,000 is being formed to work Dr. M. Boyd's airship. Dr. Boyd, and two companions, crossed the Irish channel with the utmost secrecy at night time last Mjy at a height of 3,500 feet. In four hours they covered a distance of ninety miles, and landed near Belfast. They re-crossed the channel to England the following night. He admits that his airship was the mysterious one reported to have been seen flying over Caerphilly, in Glamorganshire, Wales, Cardiff, Wales, Northampton, England, and elsewhere.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9537, 8 July 1909, Page 5
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104AERIAL NAVIGATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9537, 8 July 1909, Page 5
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