IN THE AIR.
INTERNATIONAL BALLOON RACE. Press Assoaiation.—Telegraph.—Copyright. : NEW YORK, October 7. The international balloon race was somewhat a failure so far as distance was concerned. Seven of the nine starters wore compelled to land, owing to bad wedther. They covered distances loss than 500 mile. The French and German representatives arc still in the air.
. WON BY GERMANY. , NEW YORK, October 7. A German aviator won the balloon race, travelling 75 miles further than his best opponent. Ho covered between 500 and 600-miles. ACCIDENT TO BEAUMONT. PARIS, October 7. While “Beaumont” (the winner of the Daily Mail £IO,OOO race) was testing a monoplane at Rbeima, it capsized, falling 30 feet. Beaumont broke a leg and received other, injuries, but is, likely to recover. . ■
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13500, 9 October 1911, Page 2
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124IN THE AIR. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13500, 9 October 1911, Page 2
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