FLIGHT TO BERMUDA
PRIZE OF £SOOO. A VENTURE INTERRUPTED. FORCED TO ALIGHT ON SEA. United Press Assn—Elec. Tel —Copyright. (Received April 3, 10.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 2. A Stinson monoplane, carrying a •crew of three, including the navigator Yancy, took off for Bermuda. A prize of £SOOO is offered for the Bermuda bight. The difficulty of navigating to the tiny island in the Atlantic has previously repelled aviators. Later advice states that Yancy has radioed that he alighted on a calm sea sixty miles north of Bermuda, where he will remain throughout the night and will resume the flight in the .morning. The fliers are in no danger.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 8
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109FLIGHT TO BERMUDA Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 8
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