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A SPLENDID FLIGHT
CODY OVATIONS.
(Received This Morning, 12.5' o'clock)
LONDON, October 30,
Mr S. F. Cody, in a monoplane of his own invention, flew two hundred and fifty miles at Alder shot for the Michelin Track Cup and a prize of £SOO, at an average height of 1200 feet, and a rate of fifty-one miles per hour. The last hour was a continuous struggle with a gusty wind to maintain his balance. On alighting he was carried shoulder high to the garage.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10464, 31 October 1911, Page 5
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92AVIATION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10464, 31 October 1911, Page 5
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