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1907. June 13 Wednesday at Baddeck 85
Times Troy N.Y. [[?]]
13 Apr 1907
Long Flight in Balloon.
London, April 13,––The German Ocean has been crossed for the first time in a balloon. Two German reservist officers of the name of Wegener and Koch started Wednesday night from the neighborhood of Leipsic and landed near Leicester, England, twenty hours later. Wegener is a well known aeronaut. He holds the record for spending the longest time in the air in a balloon, having remained up for fifty-three hours.

Tele[[pauu]] Harrisburgh, Pa
13 Apr 1907
NEW BALLOON RECORD
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German Officers Cross German Ocean From Leipsic to Leicester.
London, April 13.––The German Ocean has been crossed for the first time in a balloon. 
Two German reservist officers of the name of Wegener and Koch started Wednesday night from the neighborhood of Leipsic and landed near Leicester, England, twenty hours later. 
Wegener is a well-known aeronaut. He holds the record for spending the longest time in the air in a balloon, having remained up for fifty-three hours.

Herald New York
13 Apr 1907
GERMAN BALLOON INVADES ENGLAND
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Bold Aeronauts Sail 600 Miles, from Bitterfeld to Leicester, in Sixteen Hours.
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STORY OF DR. WEGENER
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Member of the German Aero Club and Adolf Koch in the Kaiser's Service to Repeat Trip.
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BUFFETED IN THE DESCENT
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Passing High Over the Harz Mountains, In Going Over Holland They Were Low Enough To Be Observed.
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[SPECIAL CABLE TO THE HERALD.]
HERALD BUREAU,
No. 49 AVENUE DE L'OPERA,
PARIS, Friday
LONDON, Friday.––For the first time an invasion of England by an airship from Germany was accomplished yesterday,[[XXX]] German aeronauts Dr. Yurt [[CUT OFF]]

Enquirer Cincinnatti 0.
13 Apr - 1907.
Queerest Balloon Constructed
[[Image]] UNIQUE AIRSHIP TO BE USED BY AFRICAN EXPLORERS TO TERRIFY NATIVES AND MAKE TRAVEL EASY.

Sun Tele[[pauu]] New York
13 Apr 1907
ENGLAND "INVADED" BY GERMAN AIRSHIP
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Daring Aeronauts Sail Six Hundred Miles from Bitterfeld to Leicester in Sixteen Hours.
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STORY OF TRIP AS TOLD BY DR. WEGENER
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Member of German Aero Club and Adolph Koch in Kaiser's Service to Repeat Feat.
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The Herald to-day publishes the following special cablegram:––
LONDON, Saturday,––For the first time an invasion of England by an airship from Germany was accomplished Thursday, when two German aeronauts, Dr. Yurt Wegener, a member of the German Aero Club, and Herr Adolf Koch, of Frankfort, descended at Leicester, after having accomplished a voyage remarkable not only as being the first of its kind but for speed as well. 
Dr. Koch is a meteorologist in the service of the German government and has made many ascents. This voyage was undertaken mainly for the purpose of making scientific observations. The start was made from Bitterfeld, near Berlin, at a quarter past eight o'clock Wednesday evening. The coast of England was reached at noon of the following day, so that roughly speak-
in sixteen hours.

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