ahead. Without incident hetraversed the north-eastern part of France, pass-ing to the south of Lille, continuing on to Val-enciennes, reaching soon thereafter the hilly coun-try by the Belgian frontier, where he experiencedsome nasty gusts of wind. At one time the ma-chine rolled so much that he… … February, ipii AIRCRAFT 429 few wise to descend at the first suitable spot,proved to be near Beaumont, Hainauet,miles on the Belgian side of the frontier. This enforced termination of the grand achieve-ment was the more disappointing as of the 20gallons of petrol which Mr. Sopwith carried withhim…
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