CONQUEST OF THE AIR.
• A.: "FLY" OF BSO MILES.' . •••• ■ ' BY TEI.EGRArH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Ndw York, October 24. ' The' German- balloon Pommern won the International Gu'n'from St. Louis, 'Missouri, finishing ; twenty-five;'pules jn front. of .the second 'balloon; which iwas; also of German make. Thoi, winnm? balloon . travelled- 880 miles (which is 120 miles j longor tliari' tho ■ distance by die .ballooii which won the; ißrusscls-race.) '' V ' v ;>": . •
; Germany would seeni, to lib veil': abreast. of the times' in" aerial matters, Novelties which Gorman aeronauts lately introduced,;included the searchlight, .>-irel(£s telegraphy, .mid important changes in tlie. ' steering apparatus. ,Xho ICfiiser ;is foiid ,to be .keenly interested m the subject, and especially in tho Parscval airShip. At his instance, Herr Ilollmann,a former secretary' of the Imperial Navy, has founded,a society for the.study; of,, airships..
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 5
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131CONQUEST OF THE AIR. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 5
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