ON TO GREENLAND.
+. — ILS. WORLD PLIERS. NEW *PLANE FOR LIEUTENANT WADE. (Vt CIBJUB —PUSS associawoii —COPTBIOBT) (iWSIBAUAK AKD S.S. CABLS ASSOCUTIOK.) (Received August Sth, 8.55 p.m.) NEWPORT NEWS (Virginia), 7. United States airmen "hopped oft" for Pietou, Nova Scotia, in tho Douglas cruising 'plane in which lieutenant Wade,"'whoso 'plane was wrecked en route to Iceland, will resume his round-the-world iiight. The landing place for the world fliers on their next "hop" is located on tho East Coast of Greenland, afe Ekliut, so the Military Department has been informed. Ekliut is 750 miles from Reykjavik, Iceland, where two 'planes have been awaiting word. It is expected that an early resumption of the finish of the 36,000 miles' air-line around tho world will now be made.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 13
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124ON TO GREENLAND. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18147, 9 August 1924, Page 13
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