SIR HUBERT WILKINS
FLIGHT ia THE POLL AWAITING FAVOURABLE WEATHER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 19. (Received December 20, at 10.30 a.m.) A copyright message from Sir Hubert Wilkins states: “ We made repeated efforts to get off the water with t-ho aeroplane equipped with pontoons, but failed owing to the heavy load. Wo ran the plane four miles out before we abandoned the attempt. Meanwhile, by shovelling away the ice and snow, we have almost completed a land Hying field, from whore the next attempt will he made when the weather per-mits.”-—Australian Press AssociationUnited Service.
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Evening Star, Issue 20054, 20 December 1928, Page 6
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