The article below was published in the daily newspaper Wanganui Herald, New Zealand, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12802, page 7, on June 22 1909.
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A New English Aeroplane.
Press Association - Telegraph. Copyright.
Received June 22, 8.35 a.m.
LONDON, June 21.
S. F. Cody's new aeroplane made a circular flight of a mile and a half, at a height of 20 feet, at Aldershot. It made sharp turns.
Appeal for British National Airship Fund.
LONDON, June 21.
The Morning Post appeals to the public for £820,000 to present a dirigible airship to the nation.
Foreign Activity.
PARIS, June 21.
France is building four large dirigibles, Belgium one, and Spain one. All will be of French manufacture.
BERLIN, June 21.
Germany is building an airship of 500 horse-power.
