NEW AEROPLANE RECORD.
I'' ■'; FLIGHT OP 731 iMILES. ' •-' (h> T«leeri>l>l).-l'rc!ii ' A^nriqllnrt.-ftitiff|tM,l■'. ■ ' New York,; October .15;; ■ Mr. H. Forbes aeroplaned fromJSt.' Tbui«,' lliesouri, to Riohmoiid,': Vireinia," a; , .distance of 731 miles, iin 16. hours and a (•jiiatter,'..or. nearly 08 miles w,hour.■-.!.'..",■ .... .'.;•'; ■ TH6 SMASHED RECORDS, ~ . v Tor an aeroplane, the above—if it was a nonstop eclipses all distance records. The provjoue records in this respeot are comprised'in the results of tho Qrand l'rix at Bheims, which were as follow:—" ■< Priie. Aviator, Machine. '.•' : .Miles. 1, X2OOO 'Farmah Farman biplane ■ .'Ha 2, dCIuDO . Latham Antoinette monoplane 961 3., £M Pattlhan , Vpisin biplane -83 4. JE2OO Do Lambert Wrinht biplane '■■' 72i 5, rfSOD Latham ■•■.■. Antoinette .•.■••;■.. ~08
0. .£2OO Tiesandier Wright .. ' : C6 For a flight, from London to: Manchester, 170 mil** as the orovr flies, the ," Daily ■Jlall.' , offors u prlie of £10,000, open to the world. Two 6tops are allowed .-.en route Jo. .takojn petrol, ■'■; ; . . / ; . /-. ■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 7
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150NEW AEROPLANE RECORD. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 640, 18 October 1909, Page 7
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