EAGLES Y. AIRMEN

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 15970, 12 November 1919, Page 9

EAGLES Y. AIRMEN

EXCITING ENCOUNTERS OVER THE PYRENEES. (Times.) Received November 12, 2.30 p.m. LONDON, November .9 Airmen flying over the Pyrenees report encounters with eagles, whose single touch would rip a machine and mean death. Regular flyers on the Paris-Mad-rid route describe thrilling manoeuvres like fighting in the war. Most rapid climbs are necessary to prevent the eagles from getting into position for diving, and long exciting races have occurred when the airmen’s superior speed ultimately exhausts the birds.