AERIAL NAVIGATION.
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL FLIGHT. THE RHEIMS TESTS. Received August 29, 5.5 p.m. PARIS, August 28. The new French military dirigible balloon Le Berte. designed by M. Le Baudy. and of ISS horse-power, made a successful trial flight at Nantes (the eighth largest city in France and capital of Loire-Inferi-eure). The balloon attained a speed of 33 miles an hour, carrying seven passengers. At the Rheims tests Mr Farman covered 112 miles in three hours, four minutes 53| seconds, and won the grand prize of the value of £2,000 sterling. M. Latham won the second prize of £I,OOO and M. Paulhan the third prize of £4OO.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9581, 30 August 1909, Page 5
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106AERIAL NAVIGATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9581, 30 August 1909, Page 5
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