AVIATION.
BOMB-DROPPING COMPETITION. United Press Association—By Electrio TelegTaph—Copyr'gi: t. (Received August 13, 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 12. In an aeroplane bomb-dropping competition at ivEoiirmelon, France, M. Gaubert, a Frenchman, and Lieutenant Scott (United States) tied in dropping eight out of fifteen bombs on the target from a height of 900 metres. A HIGH ALTITUDE. LONDON, August 12. De Haviland, in an Army biplane, at Salisbury Plain, took a passenger up 9500 ft, remaining at that altitude for three hours.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10538, 13 August 1912, Page 2
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79AVIATION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10538, 13 August 1912, Page 2
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