A BAD TRIP
MUCH BLIND FLYING (Rec. 7.5 p.m.) London, July 25. Mr. Mollisori's story shows that the weather was worse than they anticipated. They flew into low clouds and drizzling rain within two and ahalf hours of leavihg Pendine Sands which . made the task of following the. southern Irish Coast hazardous. Once they almost struck a cliff. After 22 hours over the Atlantic, and after flying blind for a period, they rau into clear weather. They saw rnahy icebergs and sighted land at noori, British time. This was a promontory a few miles north of the intended landfall, and still 1100 miles from New York. Petrol supplies, however, had been used more rapidly than expected in fighting head winds. The speed was reduced but they were forced to land when they had only a few gallons left.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 593, 26 July 1933, Page 5
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138A BAD TRIP Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 593, 26 July 1933, Page 5
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