AEROPLANING.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE FLIGHT.
ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. BY M. DE LESSEPS. United Press Association—By Kleccno Telegraph. Copyright. Received May 23, 12 50 a.m. LONDON. May 22.
Count Jaques M. De Lessepsv grandson of the iamous Suez Canal builder, mounted on a Bleriot monoplane, ascended at Calais to a height of 280 feet and circled about in order to feel his way. He then soared above a thick mist and steered by
the sun. Afterwards he skimmed down near Dover with perfect ease from a height of over 1.000 feet, and deecended gracefully at St. Margaret's Bay. The journey occupied thirty minutes. The weather was hazy and he only saw the coast on nearing Deal. .
The destroyer Escorpette was fol lowing but only caught one glimpse of De Lesseps in ctossing.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10049, 23 May 1910, Page 5
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131AEROPLANING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10049, 23 May 1910, Page 5
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