AMERICAN BALLOON RACE.
0 • AERONAUTS IN A THUNDERSTORM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrieht New York, July 11. Soven balloons started from Kansas City in an elimination contest. The tiro winners will be selected to compete in the Gordon Bennett Cup race on October 4. Clifford Jlarman and Augustus Post; in the balloon Now York, encountered a terrific thunderstorm, and had thrilling experiences. Both landed safely, but for a time thoy were lost in tho clouds, with, lightning 1 , playing all about them. I At noon live of tho contestants woro still aloft. last year's balloon race for the Gordon Bennett Cup was held in October, and resulted in some remarkably lone flights. The balloons ascended at St. Louis on October 17, and the winner, the America 11, came to earth at Lako Tschotogama, Quebec, Canada, after having covered 1355 miles in 15 hours 44 minutes. Tho following is tho official list of distances covered by the competitors America II (United States), 1355 miles; pUsseldorf II (Germany), 1230 miles; Germania (Germany), 1190 miles; Helvetia (Switzerland), 850 miles; Harburg (Germany), 795 miles; Azurea (Switzerland), 772 miles; He do Franco (Franco), 725 miles; St. Louis (United States), 550 miles; Condor (France), 410 miles; Million Population (United States), 315 miles.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1178, 13 July 1911, Page 5
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