Aviation.
.00 MILES AN HOUR MACHINE. London. March 18. fhe “Daily Express” says that jrigadier-General J. E. Seely (Air Minister) announces that a novel aeroplane has developed unprecedented qualities. It is tailless., square shape, and has two sets of planes fore and aft, with two or three cars swung between, a speed of two hundred miles per hour is easily attainable, and the craft is able to descend almost vertically, minimising many risks. TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. Captain Hawker is en route for Newfoundland, intending to complete an Atlantic flight at the earliest moment with a Hopwith biplane. RECORD FLIGHT TO PARIS. (Received 29 9.0 a.m.) London, March 19. Brigadier-General Seely made > record flight from Folkestone, to Paris in 74 minutes. The Channel was crossed in ten minutes. —A. and N.Z.) 1
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 81, 20 March 1919, Page 5
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