AVIATION
CHICHESTER’S M ESS AG E. ( IS;I Tclcgraph —Bar Brass Association) AUCKLAND, March 30. Chichester cabled yesterday to Auckland “Star” “No. 3 cylinder istay snapped. Repairing. Delayed.’ 'j lie message was timed 12.25 p.m. An experienced airman is of opinion that Chichester is likely to have gumt difficulty ju taking off from Norfolk Island uu account of the swell.
CHICHESTER’S FLY. NORFOLK ISLAND, March 30. Chichester was unable to leave on Sunday owing to a choppy sea. he made several attempts to take ofi and later returned to the piers for repairs to his floats.
DELAYED BY WEATHER. NORFOLK JSLVND, A larch 30. Civic Lester is indefiritclrv delayed, owing to bad weather, AVIATOR BROADBENT. HOPS OFF FOR AUSTRALIA. (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. March 20. The aviator Broadbont. cabled on 31 January, started lor Australia at six a.in., from Hamworth. His departure was probably the most lonely and most unulistrusivo of any Australian flyer. The only witness to his departure was a National IHying Services engineer who says Broadbent took off without any preliminaries. H e believed his first stop will be at Munich a distance of live hundred miles. He carried an extra petrol tank alongside the cockpit.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 March 1931, Page 5
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