FLIGHT ACROSS PACIFIC.
MRS PUTNAM ON HER WAY. SYDNEY, July 2. A report from Lae, New Guinea, states that the American airwoman, Mrs Amelia Putnam, took off at 10 a.m. to-day for Howland Island. The weather was perfect. The journey is expected to occupy 18 hours. MESSAGES FROM THE ’PLANE. SPEED OF 140 KNOTS. Received July 3, 10.25 a.m. NEW YORK, July 2. Five hours after leaving Lae for Howland Island, Mrs Putnam wirelessed that she was flying at an altitude of 7000 feet at a speed of 140 knots. The San Francisco coastguard wireless station also made contact with Mrs Putnam 81 hours after she had left Lea. Mrs Putnam then estimated that she had covered half the distance to Howland Island. Five hours later she again made contact with the coastguard wireless station but did not give her position.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 182, 3 July 1937, Page 9
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