BALLOONING RECORD.
MAN WHO WILL TRY TO BREAK
With the idea of breaking the ballooning record of 1100 miles without a descent, a well-known London aeronaut contemplates making a balloon journey to Africa from England. His intention is to take a line across France, and then make his way across the Mediterranean Sea to the African coast.
The balloon is about the largest ever constructed. It has a diameter of 60 feet and a capacity for 100,000 cubic feet of gas. Owing to a cooler temperature being favorable for the undertaking, November has been selected as the month during which the trip will be made. Experts consider that the journey might be accomplished in 4S hours. [The 1100-mile record was put up about two years ago by Mr. C. C. Turner, of the London “Daily Graphic,” who started from London and descended in Russia.]
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3348, 14 October 1911, Page 9
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144BALLOONING RECORD. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3348, 14 October 1911, Page 9
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