COBHAM UNLUCKY
MAIL DELIVERY EXPERIMENT Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, November 25. Sir Alan Cobham arrived by the Honterio to commence a lecture tour. An attempt on Thursday to fly a Moth seaplane from the Quarantine Station to the Battery to prove the possibility of thus expediting the delivery of mails was a failure. The liner was delayed for three hours. The ’plane was lowered, but was only buffeted around by the swells, and was eventually towed ashore. The majority of tbo passengers were indignant, as they had missed their trains fur .ThaiiksgiVifta Da*, dinjwffit
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 5
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97COBHAM UNLUCKY New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12615, 27 November 1926, Page 5
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