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Two days after Bleriot's successful flight across the Channel....

Latham tries again

On Tuesday, July 27, 1909, Hubert Latham made a second attempt to fly the Channel, this time coming within a mile of his goal.  This is the scene after he was rescued by the steam pinnace from the British battleship "Russell".


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