BALLOON RACE.
— GENEVA, August 10. The balloon “Belgica,” piloted by the Belgian, Ernest Demuyter, competing ia the Gordon Bennett race, which was previously believed to have been lost, landed in a Roumanian village after crossing the Carpathians. It is stated it travelled the greatest distance—thirteen hundred kilometers —and consequently is the winner. All nineteen competitors landed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18557, 12 August 1922, Page 5
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56BALLOON RACE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18557, 12 August 1922, Page 5
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