AVIATION.
CROSSED THE CONTINENT. Rodgers’ Great Feat. Press Association.—Telegraph,—Copyright; Received November 7, 9.15 a.m. NEW YORK, November 6. i Aviator Rodgers , arrived at Pasadena, California, and was greeted by an enormous multitude. He covered the continent in 49 days, meeting with numerous serious accidents. The aeroplane was re-built seven times. The; aviator lost 20 pounds in weight. Tlie. machine was a “Baby Wright.”” ' J AERIAL LIFEBOAT. SAN FRANCISCO, November 2; A patent has been taken out for a flying 1 machine which is equipped with a lifeboat. This lifeboat consists of a''gas-bag attachment which acts automatically on the sudden descent of the aeroplane. The device is the invention of Mr Wyckoff, the inventor of a submarine.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13526, 7 November 1911, Page 5
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116AVIATION. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13526, 7 November 1911, Page 5
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