AEROPLANING. THE ACCIDENT AT RHEIMS.
By Telegraph.— Freas Association.— Copyright. PARIS, 9th July, The Baroness Do la Roche, who while aeropianing at Bheims, feU from a height of fifty-metres, has regained) consciousncas. Her pelvis and one leg and 1 one arm axe fractured. ' Believing that the German aviator, Lieutenant Lindpaintei-, contributed to the B'aroness's fall by flying too closely above her, an indignant ciowd at Rheims ■ cried out "Lynch him!" [The Bi;xoness, the first woman to "fly" unaided, has made several successful aerial voyages.] HEIGHT RECORD. NEW YORK, 10th,' July. Waiter Brooking, using p Wright biplane, attained) an altitude of 6100 feet in a iligiit above Atlanta. City. This establishes a record. [Al Rheims, on Friday, Mr. Hubert Latham roso to a height of 4658 feet, thereby constituting a record, wliich, as shown by the cable, he did not long retain.] ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. NEW YORK PAPER'S PROPOSAL. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyrigns, (Received July 11, 9.40 a.m.} LONDON, lQth July. The Daily Telegraph states that the New York Times intends to organise an attempt to cross the Atlantic this summer in the motor baloon "The America," built for the Wellman Polar expedition.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 9, 11 July 1910, Page 7
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