ÆRIAL NAVIGATION.
COMMONWEALTH AVIATION CORPS. By Cable—Prtss Aeaoeiation—Copyright. Melbourne, July 5. The Commonwealth is forming an aviation corps, and will purchase two biplanes and two monoplanes of the type recommended by the War O.Tice, London. DEATH OF AN AERONAUT. Bucharest. July 4. Lieutenant Caran'de. while aeroplaninnr at Cotroceni, fell 300 feet, and was killed! HONORING AN AVTATOR. Received 5, 10.5 p.m. Paris, July 5. A remarkable Franco-Italian demonstration took place at Sarbonne in honor •f Davinci. the precursor of aviation. M. Poincaire and M. Trittoni delivered speeches. A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. Received 5, 10.30 p.m. London, July 5. Commander Sams, on a waterplane. carrying a wireless installation and operator, flew from Eastchurch to Portsmouth over the sea, a distance of 194 miles, in 195 minutes. He ended with enough fuel for 200 miles more.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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133ÆRIAL NAVIGATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 318, 6 July 1912, Page 5
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