TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
UNITED'STATUS ENTERS THE CONTEST.-
New York, March in. Kcar-Admiral Taylor lias Announced that the United Stales "Navy is arranging a flight across the Atlantic within a month by aerpplane. Hβ believes, however, that Britain will probably be first with a dirigible. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE .ClO.OOfl PKIZE PLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. London, March £2. General Hayes, in a sneechat a dinner of the British Aircraft Construction Association, road a telegram from 31 r. W. M. Hughes announcing the offer of a prize of ,610,000 for a llight from Eiißland to Australia. He said it was a splendid offer, and he hoped the other Dominions would follow suit.— Aus.-N.55. Cable Assn. HECOB-D PLIGHT BY BRITISH AIRSHIP. (Bee. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, March -2. A British non-rigid airship toured the coasts of Denmark. Germany, Norway, and Scotland, covering a total distance ot 1255 air miles in -101 hours, a record.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PICKLES ON- THE THAMES. (Kec. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, March 22. Fit-lies, the aviator, ilew a, new seaplane through the overhead structure of tho Tower Bridge ot midday, when flying at tht) rate of 120 miles' an hour.—Aus.N.Z. Cable, Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 153, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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194TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 153, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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