AVIATION.
CODY’S MONOPLANE. London. Oct. 30. Mr. G. F. Cody. in a monoplane of his own invention, flew 255 miles at Aldershot for the Michelin Track Ctip and a prize of £5OO .at an average height of 1200 feet, at a rate of 51 miles an hour. The last hour was a continuous struggle with .a gusty wind to maintain his balance. On alighting he was carried shoulder high to the garage. (' ROSS-(' ONT IN ENT FL1(; I IT. (Received 31, 11.55 n.m.) New York, Oct. 3!. Continuing bis crcss-conlinent Hight, Rodgers reached Sierr.” Blanca, having covered 230 miles in 229 minutes. Other aviators, however, are net making much pro-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBTRIB19111031.2.28
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 267, 31 October 1911, Page 5
Word Count
110AVIATION. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 267, 31 October 1911, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in