IN THE AIR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXXII, Issue 15511, 11 January 1911, Page 9

IN THE AIR.

AN AUSTRALIAN CORPS OF AVIATORS. United Press Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, January 10. The Minister of Defence intends to establish an Australian aviation corps, and the investigation of several inventions is proceeding. FLIGHT AT PERTH. PERTH, January 10. Hammond flew for forty-five minutes, averaging forty miles an hour. an INEXPLICABLE ACCIDENT. NEW YORK, January 10. Investigations by experts show that MoLssant’s machine was in perfect condition immediately before the accident, and tho controls were perfect afterwards, indicating that the disaster was not due to imperfection of the machine. The actual cause of the disaster is inexplicable.