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AN AEROPLANIST'S SUCCESS.
ACROSS THE CHANNEL. j Received July 26, SJ.IS a.m. PARIS, July 25. M. Bleriot, a French aeronaut, tlew in his monoplane from Calais to Dover in 27 minutes. He ascended at Hesbaruques, four miles from Calais, at 4.35 p.m. in brilliant sunshine with a good wind, and proceeding rapidly was soon out of sight. Descent was made in a nioadow behind Windsor Castlo, touching the ground heavily and breaking the propellor with other slight damage. Tho English Channel in its narrowest breadth is 20j miles across.
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Mataura Ensign, 26 July 1909, Page 3
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89AN AEROPLANIST'S SUCCESS. Mataura Ensign, 26 July 1909, Page 3
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