THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE AIR
* PAST BALLOON YOYAGE TRAVELLING AT THIRTY-FOUR MILES,-AN HOUR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February. I*s Messrs John Dunville, of Belfast, and C. Pollock, of tho Aero Olub, London, travelled by balloon from Dublin to Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Via HoJyhead, at an average speed of thiuty-four miles per horn. The maximum altitude attained was ten thousand feet, at which height twenty-seven, degrees of frost was experienced. THE ART OF FLYING. GERMAN OFFICERS TO LEARN. BERLIN, February 16. The Kaiser has ordered as many officers as possible to learn aeroplaning. ■' . It is expected that a flying corps will soon be attached to every regiment.
THE FRENCH AERIAL FLEET PRESENT FROM THE PUBLIC. . (Received February 17, 9.30 p.m.) . ■ PARIS, February 17. Public subscriptions have enabled "Le Temps" to present to the Ministry of "War the "Astra" dirigible, another small dirigible, and four aercplanesr
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7056, 18 February 1910, Page 1
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