AEROPLANING IN AUSTRALIA.
THE FXBST FLIGHTS. THREE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS. MELBOURNE, March. 18. The first aerial flight in Australia has been accomplished by Houdini, a musichall performer. A Voisin biplane, weighing 14001b, with a 68-horsc power petrol engine, was used. The trial took place at Diggers' Rest, a village near Melbourne. Houdini made three ascents. In the first he covered a mile in a little over a minute, at a height of 40ft; in the second he went up 100 ft, and remained in the air three minutes; in the third flight he covered three miles in a little over four minutes.
The machine descended gracefully and gently to earth.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 67, 19 March 1910, Page 5
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