ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
THE GERMAN UNDERTAKING. RACE WITH FRENCHMEN. fPer Press Association — LONDON, March 27. It looks'as if Germany will easily forestall the Frenchmen in their bid for the crossing of the Atlantic. for the crassing of the Atlantic. The German aviator, Koehl, says: "We are off at dawn to-morrow if the weather is kind." Baron Heunefeld says he is confident they will succeed. Meanwhile, French naval representatives are feverishly speeding up their preparations on two. seaplanes, which are to be piloted by Captain Guilbrand and Lieutenant Paris, which will be flying via the Azores. In addition, the Brequet Company is an attempt piloted by Coste and Lebrix, at a direct trans-Atlantic flight, while Corbu and Givon will make a new attempt in a Farman-Bluebird machine with a radius of 4250 miles.
"SUICIDE TO START NOW." WEATHER EXPERTS' OPINION. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) . BERLIN, March 28. It would be suicide if Koehl started now, say weather experts at the Hamburg Observatory, but they refuse to issue official forecasts because they wish to steer clear of anything like that, lest they give the impression that they are influencing or assisting Koehl.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 144, 29 March 1928, Page 5
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