POLAR FLIGHT BEGINS.
Wilkins’s Expedition Awing BOUND FOR POINT BARROW. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 2, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 31. A telegram from Fairbanks (Alaska) says : The first 'of Captain ‘Wilkins’ airplanes left for Point Barrow; loaded with SOOOlbs. -of provisions, with Captain Wilkins aboard as navigator. ’The piano is the smallest of . t.he expedition, and is probably returning to Fairbanks to-morrow. SPLENDID PROGRESS REPORTED.
FAST FLYING INTO THE NORTH.
By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Heuter’S Telegrams. (Received April 2, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, April J. A despatch’ from Fairbanks (Alaska) says: A radio from Captain Wilkins reported ho had sighted; Point (Barrow at noon, and was flying north at the rate of 100 miles an hour. OVER RANGE OF MOUNTAINS. ALASKAN “ HOPS OFF.” By Cable—Preaa. Association—Copyr'.gh 1. Australian and. N.Z. CaDle Association. NEW .YORK,. Mardii 31. A message Iroin Fairbanks (Alaska} states that the aeroplane, “Alaskan,” Captain George Wilkins and Lieutenant Carl Eielsen, hopped :off to-day for Point-Barrow, the northern tip of the Alaska, S(X» miles- distant, over a range of mountains, \Vkere a base has'been established for the Arctic exploration expedition.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 3 April 1926, Page 9
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190POLAR FLIGHT BEGINS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 3 April 1926, Page 9
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