ATLANTIC FLIGHT
GERMANY TO TRY AGAIN Press Association —By Telegraph-—Copyright. BERLIN, August 1(5. Another transatlantic attempt will be made with the Bremen, and a new machine will replace the Enropa, It is probable that the flight will be delayed owing to the continuance of bad weather. The company concerned fiiysth.it a repetition of the Nnngesscr tragedy and its own initial failure would bo damaging to commercial transatlantic aviation, and they realise that extensive logbanks over Ireland render the adventure hazardous. Mechanics are busy improving tf!c Bremen in the light of her experience, and Knoenneckc is completing teste of the Germania at Cologne. When fully loaded she weighs four t-jns It has been decided to carry an experienced wireless operator, the experience of the Bremen having shown the value of accurate reception of meteorological reports. [The Enropa made a. lorced descent in Germany, ami was damaged. The Bremen returned because of bad weather.]
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Evening Star, Issue 19638, 18 August 1927, Page 5
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152ATLANTIC FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 19638, 18 August 1927, Page 5
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