A POSTPONED FLIGHT
LOOKING FOB A GIRL
"RED-BLOODED AND RICH."
('A red-blooded American girl, with lots of money,' ' did not reply to an advertisement, calling for such an in-, dividual to finance a dirigible flight across the Atlantic by a man named Bert Campbell. The flatter was described as "an Australian aviator," and employed as a watchman on the White Star liner Cedrie, which had just left New York for Liverpool. -During the vessel's stay in port, Campbell was awarded nation-wide publicity. , Campbell is said to have announced that he spent two weeks in Germany and had an eye on a nice little dirigible, with which he would cross the ocean if he could get a rich American girl to sponsor the flight. Further, he would take her with him. The scheme was also designed to impress Campbell's employer, for he stated that he intended to drop a rope ladder from the air ship while in mid-ocean, and
[descend to the deck of the Cedrie to pay compliments to the master. T Meanwhile, Campbell's scheme is postponed pending the arrival of the American girl.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3257, 25 September 1928, Page 6
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184A POSTPONED FLIGHT Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3257, 25 September 1928, Page 6
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