ATLANTIC FLIGHT
AMERICAN DIRIGIBLE PREPARING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 25, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 14 (delayed.) An American dirigible has left Montauk Point en route to St. John's with the ajject of making a transatlantic flight. Bad weather continues. ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 24, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 23. Martinsyde has entered for the Australian flight. AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN'S INTENTIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Keceivcd May 25, 11.20 p.m.) LONDON, May 24. Mr Bert Hinkler, a native of Bundaberg, Queensland, who enlisted in September, 1014, in the Naval Air Service, soon qualified as a pilot, saw much ser vice on the Italian front, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and a commisssion, was recently demobilised. He now intends to fly to Australia, and hopes to do the journey in seventeen days.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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142ATLANTIC FLIGHT New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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