AVIATION
THE FLY STARTS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 10 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, June 9. Captain Ahrenberg, Sweden’s leading aviator, took off for New York, via Greenland, with two companions. Ho is not attempting'a record, hut is trying to open up a safe northern route of comparatively short hops. It is believed it will ultimately be the commercial trans-Atlantic rente. A FORCED LANDING; ADVERSE WINDS EXPERIENCED. (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 10. Leaving Sydney yesterday on a flight to Melbourne, McKay, a member of the Flight Enquiry Board was forced down by adverse winds and landed at Bong Bong racecourse. McKay secured his plane by ropes wedg- , cd into the ground, hut the plane broke its moorings and overturned. Both wings, propellor and undercarriage were badly damaged.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1929, Page 5
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133AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 10 June 1929, Page 5
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