LINDBERGH REMEMBERS
AIRMEN OF PAST NEW HERO’S TRIBUTE British Wireless. — Copyright. Reed. 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Thursday. Captain Lindbergh concluded his short visit to England this afternoon, returning to Paris by air in preparation for his departure for the United States from Cherbourg in the American cruiser Memphis to-morrow. The famous airman, who was accorded another popular ovation on his arrival at Epsom racecourse to witness the Derby yesterday, attended a farewell dinner last night. Responding to the toast of his health, Captain Lindbergh recalled great flights of the past, particularly the first trans-Atiantic journey of the two Englishmen Alcock and Brown, who quietly took to the air in Newfoundland and landed in Ireland 16 hours later, almost unheralded throughout the world. He referied also to the flights to India and Australia of British airmen, which had provided a strong incentive to airmen in America. Above ail, he added, there were feats of courage and daring of airmen during the war which, in the circumstances, passed almost unnoticed, but which would never be paralleled in the air navigation of any time. —A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 62, 4 June 1927, Page 17
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183LINDBERGH REMEMBERS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 62, 4 June 1927, Page 17
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