AN INTERRUPTED FLIGHT
(»I TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) C'HRISTCHURC'H, 21st May. The intended flight by Captain Dickson and Mr. T. D. Burnett, of Fairlie, to the Hermitage was commenced this morning, but was not completed. Starting about 10130 in bright, calm weather, j they struck a nor'-west gale overhead, ] but madie way over Fox Peak Range and over Lake Tekapo against the gale. The Alps, and valleys were hidden by clouds and dust, and it was useless to go further. The situation of the Hermitage and the lie of the valleys could be made out, and Captain Dickson was satisfied that the Mackenzie Basin and the hills between it and Fairlie were good flying country. The gale, which had been driving new-fallen snow like wisps of smoke off the top of the range before tie start, reached Fairlie just before the aviators landed', but a goodi landing was made an hour after the start. Captain Dickson proposes leaving for Christchurch with two passengers at daylight in the morning.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 9
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166AN INTERRUPTED FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 9
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