ACROSS ATLANTIC
FLIGHT VIA ICELAND
RETURN TO REYKJAVIK
Australian Press Association—United Service.
(Eeeeived 12th June, 8 a.m.)
REYKJAVIK, 11th June.
The Swedish seaplane, piloted by Captain Ahrenberg, landed at Beykjavik safely after being forced-down at Bea on a flight from Stockholm through the bursting of a petrol pipe during a battle against a gale. The gunboat Odin answered the SOS and towed the 'plane to Westman Isles, where "the gunboat' Fylla supplied petrol. Pilot Sverige found the engine to be undamaged. Ahrenberg started off again at l in the morning, but returned and fitted a new propeller. Ignoring warnings, he ; resumed his flight, but was.■■forced to return three hours later owing to inability ;to penetrate the thick weather. :
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 9
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118ACROSS ATLANTIC Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 9
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