The Conquest of the Air.
London, June 7, The British Aerial League’s Chairman states that he intends to urge a public subscription of £50,000 to purchase a Zeppelin balloon. Mr Latham, an Englishman, made a flight lasting 67 minutes in the Antoinette monoplane at Marne, beating the French record. Auckland, June 7. The Barnard Brothers had a trial of the aeroplane constructed by them on Brown’s Island on Saturday. Owing to the unfavorable weather the trial was not a success. A short flight was obtained, but a gust of wind caught the ipachine, which was brought to earth rather suddenly and badly damaged.
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Woodville Examiner, Volume XXV, Issue 4355, 9 June 1909, Page 2
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103The Conquest of the Air. Woodville Examiner, Volume XXV, Issue 4355, 9 June 1909, Page 2
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