PROGRESS OF AVIATION.
BRITISH ARMY MANCUVRES. VALUE OF AEROPLANES.
By Telegraph.— Association.— London, September 11. During the military manoeuvres to-day an aeroplane successfully revealed the concentration of the invading troops at Newmarket arid compelled the commanding officer to alter his tactics.
FRENCH MILITARY AVIATORS.
5-1 AEROPLANES AT WORK.
Paris, September..ll.
In the military manoeuvres, .which are being held at Poitou, .. 110,000 men, 500 guns, 54 aeroplanes, and four dirigible balloons are engaged. •
IN THE AIR FOR 13 HOURS.
631 MILES TRAVERSED.
(Received September 12, 10-15 p.m.)
Paris, September 12.
The French aviator M. G. Fourny, flying in a Farman military biplane yesterday from Ktampes, remained in the air for 13 hours, .and covered a distance of 631 £ miles (an - average of over 48 miles an hour).'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15097, 13 September 1912, Page 7
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