THE FIRST JOURNEY
THE COMMANDER'S ACCOUNT.
NEW YORK, 19th May.
■ Commander Read, describing the journey of the N.C.4 to the Azores, says he started the flight at an altitude of 800 ft, and then rose to 1800 ft. He sighted each of the destroyers owing to their brilliant illumination. After passing the sixteenth destroyer he entered a fog and was compelled to rise to. 3000 ft; and tho fog prevented his continuing the flight direct to Pont a Delgada. ; The seaplane needed only slight repairs at the Azores. ,•
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1919, Page 5
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