TOO RISKY TO BECOME POPULAR—A BALLOON ASCENT IN AUCKLAND.
Sen r.il thousand people a sseiii hied in and around the Auckland Domain ('picket Ground on Saturday, to witness a balloon ascent by Mr A. E. Eastwood, a young New Zealander. The balloon was inflated with Inn air. from a kerosene furnace, and rose to a great height. Eastwood making a sensational, but safe, descent with three parachutes. discarding the first and second in mid air. The photo 011'the right shows tin* balloon just after it was released. Tin* crowd in the central picture are watching the inflation of the balloon, and in the third seem*, it is seen high in the air. with its daring passenger preparing to descend.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 12, 21 September 1910, Page 30
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119TOO RISKY TO BECOME POPULAR—A BALLOON ASCENT IN AUCKLAND. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 12, 21 September 1910, Page 30
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