MATTHEWS AT VIENNA
EXPECTS TO OVERTAKE ROSSSMITH.
London, DeccmVir 3. Captain Matthews has arrived at Vienna (not London as previously cabled), and hopes wion to start for Belgrade. He states that bad weather and lack of petrol wer-> responsible for his delay.— Aus.-N.7i. Cable Assn.
London, December 1. Captain Matthews says that he expects with luck to overtake Ross-'Sinith. He believes that the. route via Cologne, Vienna, and Delgmde will scon be regarded as the best to the Near East — "The Times."
. HARTINSYDE MACHINE'sTARTS London, December 4. Captain C. B. Howell, in the. Martinsvde aeroplane, left tho Hounslow aerodrome nt 9.3* a.m. for the Australian flight. He made an excellent btnrt.— Aus.-N.Z: Cable AaMii.
[Captain Howell's attempt is interesting because of the elaborate preparations he hnl=> made to equip lv's aeroplane for the special and varying conditions of the flight. He has a chain of dumps along the route, and deposits of "spares," in addition to those ho is l carrying. At Calcutta. : r a set of floats,-to convert the machine into a sc.apln.ne. Foulet also converted his aeroplane nt Calcutta.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 11
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181MATTHEWS AT VIENNA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 62, 6 December 1919, Page 11
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