AERIAL NAVIGATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 25

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

LONDON, October 16l A German ballo>n which went astray in the Gordon-Bennett race was rescued after perilous adyentures in tho North Sea, and ; was brought to Leitb. Tyo German balloons ore still missing. The army aeroplane at Aldershot fell 20ft while experimenting, and was "wrecked. , Colonel Cody, the officer in charge, was thrown out, bot fell "unhurt. BERLIN, October 13. The Spanish uallcon in the Gordon - Ifeitoett race was ripped at a height of btifc descended safely in Saxony. October 14. The American balloon St. Louis, which '■was participating in the Gordon-Bennett race, has-been lost off Heligoland. The aeronauts v were rescued. October 16. The British balloon Banshee won the Gordon Bennott race. German and British wanships are searching" the North Sea for massing balloofts. October 17. The Planen, one of the missing German balloons, . rescued in ths North Sea.It« occupants were in a pitiable condition. , It is feared *haA the Hergesell, the other messing balloon, has besn Icet. r ~ October 18. Hergesell, the laet of the German balioons that participated in the internoitdonal race, was found ait tea 100 mijes noi'th of HeligolaikL The ear had bean cu<t a.way from tibe netting. There was no trace of the occupants. '