FLIGHT BY DAY

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20266, 7 August 1937, Page 7

FLIGHT BY DAY

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. CLIPPER LEAVES IRELAND. TO STUDY RADIO SYSTEM. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, August 6. The Pan-American Airways Clipper left Foynes, Ireland, at 4.19 a.m. today for Newfoundland. Captain Harold Gray, commander of the Clipper, in an interview prior lo his departure, said the real objects of the daylight crossing of the Atlantic was to study the working of the radio ■system during daylight, it would be necessary to work on a different wavelength. Captain Gray said ho hoped to investigate a number of things on the trip which should yield valuable data. " There Is a patch in mid-Atlantic,” he said, " which we have not seen yet because hitherto we have covered it In darkness." A STEADY HEAD WIND. ENCOUNTERED BY THE CLIPPER. SLIGHT RAIN IN ATLANTIC. (Omctal Wireless.) (Received August 7, li a.m.) RUGBY, August 6. Mes-sages from the Pan-American Clipper indicate tnar sne was encountering slight rain and a steady head wind over the Atlantic.

who apologised for remarks he made before a club meeting in London referring to the Duke of Windsor’s funeral arrangements for the late King George' V. The Duke received the apologetic reply after a London newspaper quoted him as referring to Sir Gerald's remarks as "a rotten story.”