SHORT OF PETROL
WHY MOLLISONS LANDED
FLIGHT IN BAD WEATHER
LONDON, July 25.
The story of tho Atlantic flight of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison shows that .the weather was worse than they had anticipated. They flew into low clouds and rain drizzle within two and a half hours of leaving Pcndino Sands, which made tho task of following the southern Irish coast hazardous; once they almost struck a cliff.
Twenty-two hours over tho Atlantic, softer flying blind for a period, they ran into clear weather; they saw many icebergs.
31r. Mollison sighted land at noon, British time. This was a promontory a few miles north of their intended, landfall, and still 1100 miles from New York.
The petrol supplies used were moro than had been expected through fighting head winds, and the speed was reduced. They were forced to land when only a few gallons were left.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 22, 26 July 1933, Page 9
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