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Apr
9
2013
The Youngest Passenger
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Published on Mr. Slack Crosses the Channel. ACCOMPANIED by his little son, Mr. Robert Slack, on the 27th ult., flew across the channel from Dover to Calais on his Blériot monoplane. With an unfavourable wind he took three-quarters of an hour for the trip.
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Apr
9
2013
The New Daily Mail Prizes
Posted by HW on 09 Apr 2013 /
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Published on April 9, 2013 One hundred years ago in aviation history, on this date, British aviators were reading about the latest prize offerings from the Daily Mail, a newspaper in London that had been sponsoring the advancement of aviation since its first days. Widely distributed, the newspaper had deep pockets and, in exchange for […]
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