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Hokitika Guardian, 30 July 1930, Page 5

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THE TAKE-OFF.

(UaitecT Frees Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright )

LONDON, July 29. ; Tlio airship R.IOO took off at 3.45.

Commander Burney said that he anti- ‘ cfpated that the voyage would be

more comfortable than one on an At

lantio liner. He said: “If we can 1 do -the outward voyage,' as- we hope, in sixty, hours,, and can return in fifty' hours, it will prove that we are getting on top of things, and that the" time is approaching when airships will .be a commercial means of trans-' ' port.” '/

. ; ;Hfe- added that, to his idea, the airships of the future would have a displacement double that of the R.IOO, and would travel at 85 to-90 miles an hour cruising speed. They would then be able to guarantee a regular paying 1 service across the Atlantic. ;! ADVERSE' WEATHER. J ‘ ' *; • * .'new ■ YOltK, July 28.•'' With the departure of Airship R.IOO for Montreal, it is announced- by the United States’ Weather Bureau that the Dirigible isi facing i,bad flying weather with showers and adverse winds prevailing in. the eastern half of the ocean, while she yyill meet clearing .-jskies;, and bidder ate northeast ;.jfrinds; ; west >. of .sixty. degrees west. longitudeit; :0» ; far as, Nova Scotia, fro.m, which,, region, to poor conditions again he experienced,

RADIO PHONE RECORD.

i ? BUENOS AIRES, July 28. i Lewis;.sartcey,: the American trausAh\gntio>;flior. , i conversed by means ofthe radio,‘ r telephone with.i Sydney) whjje,, flying ,over the city. This isi believed;;..to, .fie the longest; distance, conversation in aviation history. • - has announced that her.coritempiates , fan ,q Australian,, r flight witjhim a year or. eighteen, months ~ibut> •Ilia plans are entirely indefinites he intends to negotiate a; trnjhsrA.tlantic .flight. A. • ••■•< .'f'odt •• Li : > - i • Aft''!-;:

SPEEDING. TOWARDS ATLANTIC.,

(Receivedithis, day jit 10.30-<fl.m.V ;s . r, LONDON, July s The-, airship, R iIOO, is speeding towards the open .Atlantic, haying passed over Ireland. Commander Booth . wirelessed , te^et5 l 'thiil§ : .' ! o;'E”’’- i + ' _