FELL 5000 FEET BUT RIGHTED HIS MACHINE
FRENCH AIRMAN'S ESCAPE FROM CERTAIN DEATH I Australian Press Assn. ] PARIS, Nov. 20. Le Moigne, an airman, had a remarkable escape while attempting to beat the world ’s altitude record. He reached nearly 30.000 ft, when he fainted owing to the failure of the oxygen apparatus, and fell 5000 ft. at the rate of 250 miles an hour. \\ hen he regained consciousness he righted the machine.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 277, 22 November 1928, Page 7
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