AERIAL NAVIGATION
PARTS, October 21. A Morot aeroplane exploded at Epinay, and fell from a height of 1500 ft into the Moselle. Lieutenant Garter and Corporal Jeanrol were drowned. Dancourt, with a passenger named Loux, has started to fly from Pails to Cairo via Schaffhausen, Vienna, Turkey, and Jerusalem. October 22. A military aviator named Dautrocho was killed at Epinal, when attempting to imitate Pegoud by looping the loop. BERLIN, Ocotber 24. The newspapers state that the Admiralty has postponed the construction of two airships, in order to make a thorough inquiry into the structural plans. The number of army airships will he increased to 10 before Christmas.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 25
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108AERIAL NAVIGATION Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 25
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