AIRMAN’S TROUBLES
EMPEROR SELASSIE'S ADVISER FLIGHT THAT FAILED Press Association—By Telegraph -Copyright HOME, 'April 29. (Received April 30, at 11 a.m.) The authorities impounded Drouillet’s machine iu the absence of a permit to fly over Italy. They released the aviator. He disclosed that his original plan was to fly to Addis Ababa via Corsica, Crete, and Arabia. He had three secret filling stations cn route, but between Corsica and Crete, where the first dc{x)t was concealed, engine trouble necessitated his seeking the nearest land. The engine was almost seizing when he reached Centocelle. Drouillet’s future plans are uncertain. He may bo returned to France, where a warrant awaits him for leaving Villa Coublay without a permit.
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Evening Star, Issue 22326, 30 April 1936, Page 9
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116AIRMAN’S TROUBLES Evening Star, Issue 22326, 30 April 1936, Page 9
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