AIRMAN'S REMARKABLE ESCAPE
i FAINTS AT HEIGHT OF 30,000 FEET United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright Australian Press Association (Received 21st November, 2 p.m.) PARIS, 20th November. Le Moiguo, the airman, had a remarkable escape while attempting to beat the world's altitude record. lie reached 30,000 feet, when lie fainted owing to the failure of the oxygen apparatus, and fell 5000 feet at the' rate of 250 miles an hour. When he regained consciousness he righted his machine.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 21 November 1928, Page 2
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