AVIATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5919, 6 October 1910, Page 1

AVIATION.

BAIMS, Oct. 2. M. Wymalen biplancd to a height of OUT feet at Mourmelon. When his petrol was finished he descended on a long spiral in 13 minutes. Al. Chavez, the aviator, was given (a public funeral at Here la Chaise cemetery at the expense of the Peruvian Government. The French Minister of War, and representatives of many institutions, were present. At the graveside, eloquent tributes were paid to the courage and daring of the dead man. A Parisian danseuse, who was tenderly attached to the aviator M. Piollot, who was killed the other day, committed suicide with a revolver at his grave in Montmartre cemetery. Haas’s Ihplane, owing to a motor defect, fell 500 feet at Troves, and Haas was killed instantly, almost every bone being broken. MILAN, Oct. 3. Several aviators competed for, a long distance prize. 'Thomas, aboard an Antionetta, planed downwards at high speed, and narrowly escaped a Ruggerduo. His machine then struck Captain Hickson’s biplane. The machines became locked together and fell 100 feet, and the cylinders exploded. Thomas had a marvellous escape, sustaining only severe bruises. Dickson was more severely Injured, but has recovered consciousness. The Count of 'Turin and the Buko of Abril zzi witnessed the accident. Dickson visited Australia and New Zealand as a member of the party of the present King, then Prince of Wales.