KINGSFORD SMITH
Made a Safe Landing DETERMINED TO CARRY ON NO HOPE OF BREAKING RECORD (Aust. and N.Z. Cablo) London; October 2. Air-Commodore Kingsfond Smith, who left Aleppo at 4 a.m. on Wednesday for Rome, had a forced landing at Milas, near Smyrna, graphed his friends that they might Though feeling unwell Smith was determined to carry on and teleexpects him at the Tatoi aerodrome, Athens, la'.e in the afternoon, bux he did no arrive. Smyrna is a forbidden area for aircraft and warships, and Milas may be considered sufficiently close to give the Turkish authorities an excuse for us ng sufficient red tape r o delay him for perhaps two days. It is now impossible for him to break Mollison’s record. RELIEF IN AUSTRALIA Sydney, October 2.. Tboro was considerable ■•chef throughout Australia a>: the news that Ivmgsford Smith was safe, but the greater; disappointment that a record was not attained when well within grasp.
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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 3 October 1931, Page 6
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