LINDBERGH'S TRIBUTE.
VALUE OF RADIO. "The greatest .over-water flight yet made,'' said Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the famous trans-Atlantic flier, referring to the flight of the Southern Cross from Hawaii to Suva.
"I've been trying to get the news of them all the way east,"'added Lindbergh, who took the trip from San Franeisco to Indianapolis very easily in. three hops. .He repeated his gratification at the ngwa of the success of the long ocean flight, especially •> Captain Kingsford Smith's ability to ,communicate, with ships and shore by radio. "ThatVa distinct advance,".he declared. ""Radio is a great aid to, navigation, but 1 5 m looking for great improvements in this connexion. Such experiments as. the flight of these Australians will help us to Team."
Speaking of Kingsford Smith's trimotored machine as compared with- his own single-motored . bus, Lindy said: "Both lave their place. I prefer a single motor for . my work, bat for trans-oceanic - trips three > motors are best" . •
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19413, 12 September 1928, Page 8
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