REMARKABLE AIRSHIP FLIGHT
CIRCUIT OF THE NORTH SEA. London, Marcli 21. A British non-rigid airship made a remarkable flight, including a complete circuit of the North Sea, in most favourable weather. It covered 1285 miles in •10J hours, and made the. longest British voyage oversea, and establishing also a world's reoord for a non-rigid airship — Aus.-N.fl. Cable Assn. [This apparently refers to a. somewhat similar message which was cabled a few days ago, describing a record flight by a British non-rigid airship along tho British, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian North Sea coast line-l THE TRAMS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. PICKLES AND HAWKER. London, March 26. There is considerable interest in tho rivalry between Australian aviators over tho trans-Atlantic Night. Hawker hopes to commence tho (light frum Newfoundland within ten days. Pickles formally entered the competition yesterday, and says he thinks he can complete tho flight in fourteen hours. If he won it would be a great thing for Australia.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 7
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159REMARKABLE AIRSHIP FLIGHT Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 157, 28 March 1919, Page 7
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