ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276614
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| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1925 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Short spherical balloon 'Elise' |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-FAAI |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Etaples, Pas-de-Calais -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Competing in 14th Coupe Aeronautique Gordon Bennett. Balloon named Elsie, crewed by T. Johnston and F M McDougall. Departed Brussels on June 7, and was heading towards the English Channel when the crew decided to land before heading out over water. They landed on a railway track at Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, and managed to get clear shortly before a train ran into the balloon, wrecking it.
Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river
Sources:
1. Star (Christchurch, NZ), 23 July 1925
2. Wonders of World Aviation magazine No 29, 1938
3. https://www.fai.org/page/gb-1925
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-F.html
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/lighterthanairregister.pdf
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89taples
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2022 22:13 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 18-Mar-2022 08:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Sep-2022 21:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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