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M.de Lesseps' Cross-Channel Flight
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Raphael Tuck &Sons' Educational Series of Post Cards No.406, "AVIATION"
ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN.
BY APPOINTMENT
M. DE LESSEPS'
CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT.
M. Jacques de Lesseps, the youngest son of the
engineer of the Suez Canal, in a Bleriot monoplane,
crossed the English Channel, from France to England, on
May 2rst, 1910, and won the prize of £500 offered by
M. Ruinart, as well as the Eroo cup offered by the “Daily
Mail” for the second airman who should achieve this feat.
Almost immediately after, namely on june and, the
Hon. C. S. Rolls created the record of flying from England
to France and back without a stop. This remarkable
flight was achieved on a biplane. The time occupied
was i hr. 30 mins.
Mass. Strauss
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