GORDON-BENNETT CUP.
WON BY AMERICA. ,'Australian and N.Z. Cable Assfl.) BRUSSELS, May 31. The American balloon, Good Year, with t:.rec pilots aboard, won the Gordon-Uennelt Cup race. T!ie winners landed at Solberg, Sweden. They covered oil miles in their llig’ht. In the Gordon Bennett race, the assistant pilot ol' the American balloon was thrown out when it grounded near Antwerp, and the balloon continued with one pilot aboard. The British machine Bee landed at Waalwyck. It covered 75 kilometres. The Swiss Helvetia landed at Edo. It covered 130 kilometres.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16812, 2 June 1926, Page 5
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