IN THE AIR AGAIN
GHICHESTER'S FLIGHT
OVER MOUNTAIN AND JUNGLE
IN THE PHILLIPINES
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received 4th August, S a.m.) : MANILA, 3rd August. Chichester, the New Zealand airman, took off for Aparri, at the northern end of Luzon Island, the principal island of the Phillipines, at about 1 o'clock this afternoon, after floating in the bay for four hours waiting for enough wind to help him to rise with a full load of gasoline. : ■■ ■' His. flight of 250 miles to Aparri was made across the mountains and jungles of Luzon Island, and the bearded aviator landed his seaplane at the mouth of the Cagayan River. .-.: -.':."'..■ •..'.■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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109IN THE AIR AGAIN Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 30, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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