12th
November 1997 The SPIRIT OF SHATIN Fly's Again
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Pioneers
A Post card picture of
the original 1910 Farham Biplane which was first flown in Hong Kong by
Charles Van Des Born 5.10 pm, March 18th 1911 in Shatin. |
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Farham Sets
World Records in Europe
It is considered by many
that the second greatest achievement in aviation since the Wright Brothers'
first flight was Henery Farham's 1 km flight in France, January 1908 in
a Voisin Biplane. Nine months later (Oct. 1908) Farham made Europes
first cross country flight (16 miles).
Henery Farham is on
the left and Gabriel Voisin is on the right |
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Farham Biplane
in the USA
October 1910 Claude Grahame-White
takes off in a street outside the White House in Washington in a Farham
III Biplane |
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Ready For
Take Off
The Farham replica at
CLK Wednesday 12th November 1997. No brakes, hence the ground crew |
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Airborne
Some 86 years later The
Farham fly's over Hong Kong again |
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Fly-By
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