WORLD FLIGHT.
MAKING FAST TIME. Gatty and Post Passing Over Siberia. FETED IN MOSCOW. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright; (Received 11.30 a.m.) MOSCOW, June 20. Messrs. Harold Gatty and Wiley Post, the two airmen who flew the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Chester, England, and later, flew on to Moscow, took off again to-day at 3.30 a.m., British summer time, bound for Novo-Sibirsk, the new capital of Siberia, 2100 miles away, where they remained only an hour for refuelling, although they have covered 5150 miles in three days and are managing Avith a minimum of sleep. An Omsk message says the aviators flew over that town and are continuing on to Irkutsk. j The airmen spent last night leisurely l and attended a nine-course banquet at Moscow, given by the Soviet authorities, who have promised their assistance on the flight throughout Russian territory.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 9
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