HONOLULU AIR RACE
THE DOLE PRIZE CAPTAIN GILES UNFORTUNATE. Press Association—By Telegraph- Copyright NEW YORK, August IG. (Received August 17, at 9 a.m.) Captain Giles is scheduled to arrive at Selfridgc Field, Detroit, to-day from Wyandotte. Ho will thou start for Wellington. Captain Giles intended to take off on August 15, but discovered that acid, seeping from a, detective storage battery, had rotted a largo portion of the fabric from the lower portion of the fuselage. Captain Giles declared that the acid disabled tho piano from entering the Dole race, because lie would bo unable to repair in time.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19270817.2.46
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 19637, 17 August 1927, Page 5
Word Count
99HONOLULU AIR RACE Evening Star, Issue 19637, 17 August 1927, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in