MONOPLANE V. 81-PLANE.
WIN FOR THE MONO.
THE ACCIDENT LIST.
(Received 5.30 a.m.)
LONDON, July 17. Jlorane, on a monoplane, and Drexel, «n a bi-plane, raced from Bournemouth to the Needles and back, the former win«jng by 25 minutes 12 seconds. Jlollon, a French aviator, was flying B t Havre at a height of 975 ft, when his jiotor stopped. ■yollon aeroplaned slantingly, and was picked up uninjured. A sensation occurred at Bournemouth ou Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Robert toraine, the well-known actor, was biplaning. The day was gusty, and when the machine was nearing the sea torrents of rain fell. The bi-plane rolled and w as lost to view. Mr. Loraine, however, landed safely at Alum Bay, in the Isle pf Wight. The Honourable Alan Reginald Boyle, son of the Earl of Glasgow, while monoplaning, struck a mound in a field and somersaulted. He sustained concussion ol the brain, but partly recovered consciousness.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 168, 18 July 1910, Page 5
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