ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT.
Mrs. Kirby-Green Arranging
Attempt on Record.
TO TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST
(Received 1.P.0 p.m.)
LONDON". June 17
The "Daily Mail" says that Mrs. Kirbv-Green is arranging a round-the-world flight for August, in an attempt to break Wiley Post's record.
The route will be via Moscow. Irkutsk, the Bering Sea. Alaska and New York, and from there to London. She will have a co-pilot and expects to cover the distance in five da vs.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 142, 18 June 1938, Page 9
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