IN THE AIR.
A WORLD FLIGHT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Sept. 8. Boehm, a German aviator, is undertaking a flight around the world with a machine which he claims cannot fall. London, Sept. 18. The Air Ministry estimates will be reduced by at least 40 millions. TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT. Received Sept. 19, 8.40 p.m. Vancouver, Sept. 18. Captain Erie Donaldson, interviewed, said he had planned a trans-Pacific flight from San Francisco, via Hawaii, then;*, to an undecided island in the South Pacific, thence hoirie to Australia. He expects to use a Sopwith two-seater similar to HawkcT's. An aerodrome has been built in the neighborhood of San Francisco for preliminary trials, Captain Donaldson hopes to win the £IO,OOO offered by Mr. Thomas lacej the moving picture company millionaire.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1919, Page 5
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129IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1919, Page 5
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