AVIATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13057, 27 April 1910, Page 5

AVIATION.

THE WRECKED ZEPPELIN. Frees Association.—Telegraph.—-Copyright. ! BERLIN, April 26. The airship Zeppelin 11. has broken in halves. It struck a .shed, at Weilbej.’g. The aft part is hanging on, .one'side : of the building, and the forepart has 'snapped off. ■ 7 , “ '! The dismantling of the airship will occupy a week. The motors are intact, and it is intended to employ those gas compartments which are undamaged. NOT REPAIRABLE. , -Eeceived April 27,. 8.5 a.m. - BERLIN, April 26. • i The airship ,Zeppelin 11. is not 'repairable. '■ , ;. GERMAN AERIAL NAVY LEAGUE. ■ ■■■ ■ BERLIN, April 26. The membership, of the Aerial Navy League in Germany 'numbers 12,000, an increase of 9000 since 1908. A DENIAL. PARIS, April 26. Decatero’s aeroplane feat at Dijon, reported in Paris newspapers, is denied. It was cabled yesterday, that Dccatero' had aeroplaned .from Chalons to Dijon with a passenger. ' THE NICE CONTEST. Eeceived April 27, 9.30 a.m. ■_ PARIS, April 26. Tlie Nice aviation contest resulted in Effimoff (a Russian) and M. Farman, in a biplane, winning £3OOO. Latbam, in an Antoinette, won £2360.