A BALLOON ASCENT.
(Received La*t S'ujht at 10.15 p.m.\
PARIS, Yesterday.
The dirigible balloon Republique, after attaining a height of 1000 metres (over 3250 feet), made a circuit of 100 kilometres (tf2 1-10 miles) over the scene of the army maueouvres near La Rochelle, a fortified seaport on the .Bay of Biscay.
The RepuDlique then hovered, at a
height of 250 metres above the position
occupied by the defenders aud dropped »a bagful of observations made by staff officers in the balloon car.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9659, 17 September 1909, Page 5
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83A BALLOON ASCENT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9659, 17 September 1909, Page 5
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