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LENGTHY BALLOON FLIGHT. [By Eleoteio Telegraph—Copyright] tUnited Press association.] (Received 8.0 a.m.) St. Petersburg, February 17. A German engineer named Williner landed in a balloon on tlie Jura mountains after a flight of forty-seven hours, during which he covered a distance of 1876 miles. THE ROUND THE WORLD RACE. New York, February 16. The Aeronautical Society urges that the proposed round-the-world race be abandoned. The Society is of the opinion that it is impracticable, and urges a Trans-continental trip instead.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1914, Page 5
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81AVIATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1914, Page 5
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