AVIATION.
PARIS TO LONDON RETURN. [By Lleothio Telegraph—Copyright , [United Press Association.] (Received: 8.30 ami.) Paris, September 29. The French and British Aero Clubs have decided, to -have an annual race from Paris to London and back, beginning in 1914. MRS STOCKS STILL. UNCONSCIOUS (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, September 29. Mrs Stocks, the victim of an accident with the airman Pickles, is still unconscious. .... LOOPING THE LOOP. • J •' *! ' ' (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, September 29. Hawker, the aviator, is preparing a large Sopwith tractor biplane for the purpose of,looping the loop. • Hamel also intends to emulate Pegoud, whose three days’ displays earned for him over £IOOO. ' ! ;
CORDON BENNETT CUP. • ri ,' f ,U -- I >. ,• j>. Paris, September 29. Provost at Rheims,- aboard a Deperdussen monoplane, won the Gordon Bennett Gnp of 200 kilometres, averaging 125-miles an hour, compared to'forty-seven in 1909, sixty in 1910, seventy-eight in 1911, and 106 in 1912.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 30 September 1913, Page 6
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148AVIATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 30 September 1913, Page 6
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