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Show KING OF BELGIUM MAKES FLIGHT IN MILITARY AIRSHIP LONDON, March 27, 2:21 p. m. King Albert of Belgium on March 18 made a long airplane flight under fire over the fighting front, according to La Metropole, a newspaper published here. While visiting visit-ing a new flying ground the king expressed ex-pressed a desire to act as an observation officer. Accordingly, he ascended with the fa-moua fa-moua Belgian airman, Captain Jacquet. Preceded by a squadron of fighting planes, the king flew over the whole Belgian Yser front at a height of 3noo to 6000 feet. He made many observations and took photographs with success. German anti-aircraft guns kept up a sustained fire, but no German airman ventured in the way of the king's airplane. |