PORTUGUESE FLIGHT
AEROPLANE CHRISTENED^ >■ j '-<. j_ (Umtod .PrCos.AasflciaUon.—Copyright,L, J (Eeeoived 26th February, 10 a.m.)" N- " LISBON, 25th Fein The pictuiesque ceremony of christening the Aig'us aoioplane in, which Major Debenes and three others will ittempt to en cumnavigate the world, was successfully earned out. Debieres's little niece, acting as the godmother, carried a tiayi. with a silver pennant aad gold medals stamped with the imageil of the Blessed Viigm, who undci the title 65 "Our Lady of the Air" is the pation Saint of aviatois. The Bn,hop (if Tranjanopolis blessed the aeioplane and the medals which the' aviatois will wear. The godmother affixed the pennant and the godfatheij Lieutenant Arajo, broke a bottle of champagne on the >o\\s.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9
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118PORTUGUESE FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 9
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