AVIATION
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT FOR SOUTHERN CROSS INDICATIONS FOR EARLY ATTEMPT NOT DISCOURAGED BY RECENT FAI LURES iTJnitcd Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian I'ruus Association) ' NEW YORK. 15th July. The Wright Aeronautical Corporation has announced the receipt ot messages from Kingston! Smith indicating that he and Ulin are m/t discouraged by the recent failures of trans-Atlantic crossing, and would probably endeavour to fly from London to New York within the next few days. The aviators asked if the corporation deemed it advisible to fly to New York. and thence to Oakland (California), with the same motors they used when Ihev left Oakland for Sydney last year. The accomplishment of this feat with the original equipment, would be a new exploit in aviation history. SMITH PLACES WREATH ON CENOTAPH (Australian Press Association.—Uuitod Service) LONDON, 16th July. Kingsford Smith and party placed a wreath on tlio Cenotaph. SquadronLeader Wrigley accompanied the airmen, representing the R.A.F.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 17 July 1929, Page 5
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152AVIATION Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 17 July 1929, Page 5
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