CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT.
[;.['■_' , ".= .'.'LdNDON,. April 24. . !../ Bespite the rain that fell throughout i the . jpurriey , Mr , Corbett- , , Wilson, the i aviator j ',; successfully. ., accomplished a fti^ht across/ the. Irish .Channel on Moiichxv;. . ,i '' : ,■;,!..'. ;-' ' ,•. ■.-.'"'..- Those intending to fly jh 'England must. now;, commit .tp, memory ..t.hci rules dTawn ,up by the Royal/Aero Club. They are-;simple. enough .to .anybody ;\vhorhas learned Aircraft, meeting end on inu&t keep to the right tc? avoid a cob lision, , and tfiey must pass each, other at; a distance ofYjipt less than 100 yds. An aircraft overtaking is -responsible foWk^feping "cljMir, and juu^t observe the distance of 110 yds m 'passing on the right or 330 yds on - the left. ; An overtaking craft must not pass directly underneath or. over the other}, and there must; be 'ho 'trfrrting"* m afiross the bows after . passing. Y'EoV ' meeting m cross directions, the rule* is thay .the craft vvhlch sees the other on *fs right-hand i forward quadrant is ''.to give '•' way. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12752, 2 May 1912, Page 2
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