IN THE AIR.
BIG PRIZE OFFERED. FOR FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, March 20. With the view of stimulating aeiial activity the Federal Government is offering a prize of .£IO,OOO for a successful fight from England to Australia on a machine manned by Australians.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assa. A RECORD FLIGHT. London, March 10. General Seely made a record flight from Kolkstone to Paris in 74 minutes. He crossed the Channel in ten minutes. THE TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. London, March If). Hawker's Sopwith [biplane for the trans-Atlantic flight is fitted with a 375 horse-power engine, travelling economically 100 miles an hour. A wireless operator will accompany the pilot. The fuselage is constructed in the shape of a lifeboat, supplied Willi a scientific tuckbox containing two days'food in tabloids, ft is estimated that the journey will occupy 1!) hours.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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138IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1919, Page 5
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