ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
CLIPPER DEPARTS FROM IRELAND.
LONDON, Aug. 6.
The Pan-American Clipper left Foynes, Ireland, at 4.19 a.m. for America.
Captain Harold Gray, commander of the Clipper, said the real- object of a daylight trans-Pacific crossing was to study the working of tho radio system duriii" daylight. “It will be necessary to work on different wavelengths,” he said. “We hope to investigate a number ol things, and the trip should yield valuable data. There is a patch in mid-At-lantic which we have not yet seen because it has hitherto been covered by the darkness.” RAIN AND HEADWIND. (British Official Vyircless.) Received August 7, 10.7 a.m. RUGBY, Aug. 6. Messages from the Pan-American' Clipper indicate that she was encountering slight rain and a steady headwind over tho Atlantic.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 9
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127ATLANTIC FLIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 212, 7 August 1937, Page 9
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