RUNAWAY BALLOON
EXCITING CHASE IN THE AIR British Official Wireless (Received October 26, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, October 25. A balloon belonging to the Royal Air Force Flying School at Larkhill, while taking part in divisional manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, broke from its mooring cable in a violent gust of wind and drifted 80 miles before the pilot, a staff officer on board, brought it safely to earth. Meanwhile it had been chased by an auto-giro and motor cars.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 15
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78RUNAWAY BALLOON Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19941, 27 October 1934, Page 15
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