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AERIAL NAVIGATION
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A SUCCESSFUL VOYAGE.
' ;=?'? LONDON, October 5. .
-, The mew British military airship
Null! Secundus, which made a suc
cessful ascent at Aldershot on Septem
ber;' 30,-, flying round a steeple and
travelling at a rate of 20. miles an hour
with /the wind and 12 . against it, has
since 'e'cllnsed that effort
It , left Farnborough, . a ? village near
Aldershot; . at 20 minutes to 11 o'clock
yesterday , ? morning,-. ; and, starting
jigainsi;. a. } ^light^. , wind, / was steered
straight for L-orid6hV''-^It 'Was over St
Paul's. -Cathedral at 26 minutes, past
12, having travelled.. 33: miles, and
circled round, the dome of that edifice.
;' Finally, it'- was . skilfully made to
descend in the -. middle .of the cycle
itrack in' the Crystal Palace grounds
at a quarter past 2 in the afternoon.
Captain . Cody , and r Lieutenant
.'Wateriow were aboard the airship, and
:Were- delighted 'With' its behavior. It
rose or fell according to the bidding of
,the. aeroplanes, and steered perfectly.
The. ; voyage caused intense interest,
and the whirl of the screw and noise ot
the motor were plainly audible from
the ground. ' ?
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