ӔRIAL FLIGHT.
COLLAPSE OF A BALLOON. WILBUR WRIGHT’S SUCCESS. United Press Association, Copyright BERLIN, Sept. 17. Whilst Parseval’s balloon -was travelling to Doebritz too swiftly, the framework collapsed in a squall-, a portion ripping the gasbag. Parseval and his three assistants descended safely on' the roof of a house, ’ . PARJiS, Sept. 17. Wilbur Wright; at Paris,, niade a successful- flight, lasting 39 minutes 18 .seconds. “ A FATAL ACCIDENT. AEROPLANE OVERTURNS. United Press Association, Copyright (Received Sept. 19, 12,35 a.m.) 7 _ LONDON/-Sept. 18. A if-.-.-accident .happened ; to Orville AVrlglit’s aeroplane during a flight in America, when a blade of the left propeller snapped at a.-height of 75 feet. The, aeropl iiie gradually.overturned, throw tag., Wvigbt and Lieutenant Salfridge to',the ground. ' The “formed fractured, a leg, and the -latter sucoumbed to the! injuries---lie received.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 3
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132ӔRIAL FLIGHT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2300, 19 September 1908, Page 3
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