AVIATION.
FREAK FLYING JUSTIFIED. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Bx Llbctric Teleurai-h—Coptbight.) (P«» Pbiss Association.) LONDON, April 2. liucks, the noted English aviator lecturing before the Aeronautical Skk ciety, said the early troubles of aviation were due to inexperience and lack of confidence. The pivseut high standard was chiefly the result of improving in piloting. He justified freak flying and declared that looj)ers and upsidedown flyers had increased their confidence enormously. TWO FLYING MEN INCINERATED. PARIS, April 2. Testalat's machine was suspended from the pylon. It ignited and both occupant* were incinerated. [Pierre Testalat and a passenger were testing an aeroplane at the Champagne acrodome, when their machine struck a pylon.]
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9766, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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AVIATION.
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9766, 3 April 1914, Page 5
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