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ROUND THE WORLD NON-STOP.
(Australian Press Assn—United Service.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.)
NEW YORK, January 9.
At Wichita, Kansas, Colonel Goebel, winner of the Dole Honolulu flight, announced to-day that he will attempt a non-stop around the world flight as soon as preparations can be made, probably next August or September. It has been proved that such a flight is possible, Goebel asserted. FIVE AMERICANS KILLED. NEW YORK, January 11. At Middleton (Pennsylvania) five soldiers were killed and three seriously injured when an Army aeroplane crashed there to-day. HINKLER’S GOLD MEDAL (Australian Press Assn. —United Service.) PARIS, Jan. 11. The International Aeronautical Federation Congress to-day awarded Hinkler a gold medal for the finest aerial exploit in 1928, when he flew from England to Australia.
SCHNEIDER CUP.
LONDON, January 10
The official date of the Schneider Cup contest at the Solent is September 6 and 7.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 January 1929, Page 7
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