THE AIR RACE.
CAPTAIN ROSS SMITH. HIS ARRIVAL AT DELHI. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, Received Nov. 26, 9.55 p.m. Delhi, Nov. 25. Captain Ross Smith left Karachi today at 7.40, and arrived at Delhi at 4.30. The journey was uneventful, the day being good, with a slight head wind. During the last three days Captain Ross Smith has flown for an aggregate of twenty-five hours, covering sixteen hundred miles. Allahabad is his next step, and possibly it will be made to-morrow. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A DIFFICULT FLIGHT. DANGERS OF THE NEXT STAGE. Received Nov. 26, 11.45 p.m. Bombay, Nov. 26. Captain Ross Smith regards the most dangerous portion of the whole route to be that stretch between Rangoon and Singapore, a thousand miles of which is across jungle, in which a forced landing would be more dangerous than at sea.— Reuter Services. PROGRESS OF POULET. ARRIVAL AT ALLAHABAD. Received Nov. 26, 0.55 p.m. Allahabad, Nov. 26. Poulet arrived at 2 o'clock yesterday, and hopes to leave for Calcutta at seven to-day. He will fix floats on his machine at Calcutta for the onward flight, which will be controlled,solely by weather con-' ditions.—Reuter Service. [Poulet left Paris .on October 14, and Captain Ro*s Smith left London on November 12. Poulet is not concerned in the £IO,OOO prize offered by the Australian Government, as the conditions provide that it can only be won by an Australian.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1919, Page 5
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233THE AIR RACE. Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1919, Page 5
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