SMITH READY.
California To Australia
Venture.
TEST FLIGHTS COMPLETED.
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.
The Australian ain ford Smith, says his monoplane, the Southern Cross, is ready for his proposed flight to Australia. "All that now remains is to set a date for the departure," he said. "We have not decided when we will take off, but it will be in the near future." Captain Smith said the three- ' motored Fokker
'plane had completed its test flights. The start will be made from the Mills aviation field.
PROGRESSIVE AVIATION. NEW AIR, PORTS FOB AMEBICA. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) PHILADELPHIA, May 20. The Secretary for War, Mr. Dwight Davis, told the delegates of the associated Harvard Clubs of the United States that he would have 1000 airports in operation at the end of the present year. He said the progress made in aviation by the United States in the past two years had been greater than that made by any othajr nation,
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1928, Page 7
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