AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
FIRST CHANNEL FLYER HONOURED. United Press Association—B.v Electric Tel egraph Oooyrl eh t (Received June 24. 6.30 p.m.) PARIS, June 23. At the height of the celebrations at Versailles, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his cross-channel flight, M. Bleriot suffered a heart attack after walking an hour in the hot sun at the Sue Aerodrome, the scene of his early experiments. M. Bleriot recovered after lying down and was welcomed by ohe Prime Minister, M. Doumergue, Lord Londonderry (British Air Minister) and other visitors. M. Bleriot showed them the aeroplane in which he flew the channel, which was subsequently again flown, contrasting strangely with the display by fourteen British Air Force pilots flying the latest Hawker Furies.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19834, 25 June 1934, Page 9
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