AVIATION.
'H AYTKRtt'il FLIGHTS. GR KAT 'CROWD AT RANDWiI K. (Received Las£ Night, 5.5 o'clock.) ' SYDNEY, Feb. 21. A great crowd as- -embled at the Randu'iek rac."course t-j witness Hunker's flights, which were highly successful. . Exhibition:* of high flying, spirahng and volplaning were given. Lord Denwan and MiiJ Strickland were among the passenger" who .made flights*. EXPLORING BY AIRSHIP. (Received Last N'srht. 5.5 o'clock.) BERLIN, Feb. 21. Herr Grade, who has had considerable experience of i'.ights in the tropics, is organising an expedition for the exploration of Kaiser William territory of New Guinea by means of a Parseval airtiiip. SCOTLAND IN THE SOUTH. * (By Telegraph—P r ««.« Association.) GORE, Last Night. _ Mr Scotland, the New Zealand aviator, .siucwsfullv flew on his Caudron biplane from Invcreargill to Gore on Friday evening, the flight occupying ■about. 30 minutes. Tbo average speed was over a mile a .minute. A demonstration on tho Gore showgrounds on Saturday afternoon "was witnessed by a large and very enthusiastic crowd. A most successiful flight of quarter of an hour several times round the showground was made. A maximum height of about 600 feet was reached, and a speed of about 55 miles an hour was aUained
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 23 February 1914, Page 5
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