THE CLIPPER'S FLIGHT
Waiting at Pago Pago for Storm to Pass (Received 27, 8.45 a.m.) NEW YORH, March 26A copyright message by Commander Musiek said he was Waitihg for a storm centre tb paea. He adds: "We are survbying the harbour and familiarising ourselves- with the air approaching it for our intended return trip. We arb the guests at the GoVernrftent matiBibh and are enjoying living with the bafefoot natives in their hotiies ih the hills. We can see the manbird in the west. Mrs. Wallace Reid invited us. Sho said she had filmed our landing. A North American Newspaper Allinace copyright mOssage ffom Captain MusiCk, says: "We made an easy landing in choppy waters oh Pago Pago harbour at 8.14 p.m. Pacifie time, 10 hourS 35 minutes after leavihg Kingman's Eeef. The average speed was 15 tniles per hour too fast for exploration, but clouds, rain and unbroken sea wero the only sights on this leg. We navigated mostly by the radio direction finder. "Steady rain and storm warnings iiidicate a delay for a day or two. A flight to Auckland is useless in this weather. "We are uhable to study the latldmarks and approaehes to the myriad islands. Excited offieials and the uative poptllatiou witnessed our arrival. " " '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 60, 27 March 1937, Page 5
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