The Archive · 1911

The Straits Times

Bangkok, Feb. 2.

Tae aviation meeting here opened to-day on the Sports Club groand and provided splendid sport. Van den Born made cross-country flights with great success. The flying was witnessed by the King of Siam, the royal princes and huge crowds such as have never been seen before in Bangkok. A Chinese, who took a trip with the aviator and is the firat of his nationality to fly, was decorated by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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