ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
DAILY MAIL PRIZE. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, July 23. Seventeen airmen completed the first stage, Brooklands to Ilendon, of the Daily Mail flight. Vedrinea made the quickest time, and Beaumont was second. Lieutenant Porte, a naval aviator, fell thirty feet. TTis machine was wrecked, but Porte was unhurt. The aviator Kemp fell fifty feet, and a wing of his machine was crumpled. Kemp had a miraculous escape. The route as planned by the Aero Club is as follows: Miles. Brooklands to ITendnn 20 Hendon lo Harrogate IS2 Harrogate to Newcastle Newcastle lo Edinburgh !)'•> Edinburgh to Stirling 31 Stirling to Glasgow 22 Glasgow to Carlisle fid Carlisle to Manchester 10' i Manchester to Bristol 141 Bnstol to Exeter 05 Exeter to Brighton 14!) Brighton to Brooklands ■Tt.tal 1030
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 26, 25 July 1911, Page 5
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130ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 26, 25 July 1911, Page 5
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