ng the Gordon-BennettCup. It was expected that the well-nigh invincible combination ofBleriot and Gnome would sweep the board in the FrenchEliminatoires for the Cup, held at Rheims, and to the An-toinette company and its famous engineer, Lavavasseur—papaLevavasseur, as he is affectionately called… … 322 AIRCRAFT November, ipio further and longer in a single flight than any other French-man—dislocated his knee in a bad landing last August, andThomas—who has flown further in a week than any other avia-tor—was selected to replace him. On October 1st Thomas wasin collision with Captain Dickson the…
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