CROSS-CHANNEL FLYING.
LATHAM NEARLY SUCCEEDS '(By TcleffraphV-I'rc'ss Association-rOopyrlchp (Rec Julj 28, 11 53 p m.) \ LoniJcn, Julj 28 Mr Hubert Latham, the joung monoplanlbt of English extraction, and French citizenship who lately failed in h,is attempt to fly from France to England, mado another aitompt on ■f.ho Channel to daj. Last time his monophne covered ten miles and then sank to the water hurfaco, where a French torpedo boat rescued tlio floating machine and its navigator To-diy Mi Latham, starting from Calais, all but reached Dover when a similar misfortune overtook him, Ho aeroplaned in brilliant atjle, and for a great part of the distance maintained a good speed, but the monoplane gradually fell, and finally took tho water pff Admiralty Pier, Dover. Assistance was promptlj forthcoming. Mr Latham had to undergo surgical treatment ifor some cute op the face. r li/ . | THE MAN*WHO DID. £ i "' Lomton, 'July 27 M." J Blehot, the French monopianmt who flow across the Channel, has won £4110 during tho last fditnight
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 5
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167CROSS-CHANNEL FLYING. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 572, 29 July 1909, Page 5
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