FATE OF AN AEROPLANE.
. —— ll PEASANTS CUT »T UP FOR SOUVENIRS. WHILST AN AVIATOR WAS AT LUNCH. {.United press associx\.tion— copyright.! (Received Feb. 26. 5.5 p.m.) PARIS, Feb. 25. While competing at Paris for an aeronautical prize, Mr. Londau landed in a field at Rlieims. He left his aeroplane unguarded while he went to lunch and on returning found that only the motor and damaged metal-work remained. It appears' that peasants thinking the aeroplane had been abandoned, broke rt up and took away the parts as souvenirs.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3155, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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87FATE OF AN AEROPLANE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3155, 27 February 1911, Page 5
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