HURLEY’S FLIGHT
BAD WEATHER CAUSES DELAY (Australian Press Association.) Bagdad, November 20. Arriving last night from Bushire, Captain Hurley attempted early to take off from Ramleh, blit the mud prevented him. He succeeded later. Hurley says that his passage of the Persian Gulf'was a most trying ordeal in fighting sand storms. (United Service.) Bagdad, November 20. Captain Hurley writes that he reached Bagdad two hours ahead of time. The aerodrome was deep in mud and slush, and he would have to wait till the sun baked the surface before being able to depart. “Had we not been held up in Persia,” he said, “we would have escaped the despicable weather encountered since.” AIRMAN’S NARROW ESCAPE Paris, November 20. Lemoigne, the airman, had a remarkable escape in attempting to beat the world’s altitude record. He reached nearly 30,000 ft., and fainted owing to the failure of his oxygen apparatus. He fell to 5000 ft. at the rate of 250 miles an hour, when he returned to consciousness and righted the machine.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 50, 22 November 1928, Page 8
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