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Surrey police apologised for errors that allowed Bellfield to go undetected for more than two years, during which time he killed McDonnell, 19, and Delagrange, 22, and attempted to murder 18-year-old Sheedy.
Levi Bellfield seeks leave to appeal against Milly Dowler murder conviction 2012
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It also earned him a whole-life sentence in 2008, when he was convicted of the murders of Amelie Delagrange, 22, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, 18.
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Bellfield, who was 43 when convicted, was already serving a whole-life term for the murders of Marsha McDonnell in 2003 and Amelie Delagrange in 2004 and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.
Levi Bellfield seeks leave to appeal against Milly Dowler murder conviction 2012
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But Langley and Maxim had endeavored to launch power-driven, heavier-than-air machines; lively Santos Dumont had flipped about the Eiffel Tower in his dirigible, and actually raised himself from the ground in a ponderous aeroplane; and in May, 1907, a sculptor named Delagrange flew over six hundred feet in France.
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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After Santos Dumont, who on November 22, 1906, covered 220 meters while volplaning, a group of inventors -- Blériot, Delagrange, Farman,
Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air Henry Bordeaux 1916
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Delagrange had come to assist in the inauguration of the Croix d'Hins aerodrome, and had twice lapped the course at a height of about 60 feet.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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On January 7th Latham, flying at Mourmelon, first made the vertical kilometre and dedicated the record to Delagrange, this being the day of his friend's funeral.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Voisin machine was experimented with by Farman and Delagrange from about
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Delagrange made what was considered an indifferent little flight, and another pilot, one De Bischoff, attempted to rise, but could not get his machine off the ground.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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On the last day Delagrange narrowly escaped serious accident through the bursting of his propeller while in the air, Curtiss made a new speed record by travelling at the rate of over 50 miles an hour, and Latham, rising to 500 feet, won the altitude prize.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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