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COURTNEY’S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE MACHINE ON FIRE LANDS IN FLAMES ON ROUGH SEA (United Service.) (Rec. August 4, 0.45 a.m.) London, August 3. Captain Courtney, in a wireless niesage, states he was picked up by the Minnewaska after a terrible experience. The machine caught lire at midnight, at an altitude of 1500 feet, and landed in flames on a rough sea. ’PLANE ABANDONED lAustralian Press Assn.—United Service.) (Rec. August 4, 1.10 a.m.) London, August 3. Courtney's plane was abandoned. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ATLANTIC POLES LEAVE LE BOURGET FOR’NEW-YORK VIA AZORES (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. August 4, 0.45 a.m.) Paris, August 3. Two Poles, Idzikowski and Kubala, left Le Bourget at 5.40 a.m. on a transAtlantic flight to New York, via the Azores. Their biplane can remain aloft for forty-eight hours. It is not equipped with wireless. The airmen’s food includes two chickens, chocolate, bananas, brandy, and two bottles of champagne.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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152LATE NEWS Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 7
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