TWO HOURS' STORM
•PLANE'S RADIO FAILIED Sydney To Wellington In u Just Over Twelve Hours." AIRMEN ALL VIST' GOLD. (By Telegraph.;-Press association.), CHRISTCHURGH, this day. Two hoars' storm, in which thiare wm vivid lightning, caused the wireless apparatus on the Southern Cross to break down for over an hour last night, according to Mr. T. !H. McWilliam, the radio operator. , He states that In the storm area the 'plane flew at a height of over 7000 ft. "It was very cold in the cabin, and ay feet were like ice," added Mr. MeWilliam. "We thought that it was cold enough on the first hop, but it was nothing compared with this. However, we're getting used to the rough stuff. We'll-probably be in New Zealand for at leasi a fortnight, so as to get the next fall moon for our return. "Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith H a great pilot. We did the trip front Sydney to. Wellington in just ovejr twelve hours, an average of about 100 miles an hour. We started off with a fair westerly wind, but later struck it very bumpy.* j
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 215, 11 September 1928, Page 7
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