GLIDING FEAT.
TWO HOURS IN AIR. I i Taleeraph— Pi*si Association.—Copyright ! Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. | LONDON, May 5. ■ The attempt by Georges Barbet, the j French aviator, to'win the prize of | 25.000 francs offered by “be Temps ” J I°** crossing the Channel in a glider, | failed after he had been two hours in i the air. ! Ascending at .St Inglevert for Lympn* with a 10-horse-power engine, the small supply oi petrol allowed carried him two thousand feet up. Crowds at Cape Grisnes watched Burbot hovering. The two seaplanes which were expected io accompany the glid« r faded to appear, and Barbofc Mas forced to ! nake a descent. But his long hovering in the air was in itself a feat.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17034, 7 May 1923, Page 11
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