PACIFIC FLIGHT.
SMITH’S END U RANGE TRIALS. THIRD ATTEMPT TO BE MADE. NEW YORK, Dec. i-. The Spirit, of California, which left at 7.45 o’clock on a second attempt to establish an endurance record, returned at 10.8 o’clock. ■ Capt. 'Smith, in a radio message, said: “Returning Mills Field again encountered bumpy air, resulting in tail flutter same as. yesterday. Going to try again to-morrow. —A. ano N.Z.C.A. n - . . (Received Dec. -a. BJo pm.) SAN FRANCISCO. Dee.- 1. The second attempt of Kingston! Smith and Pond to-day to make an endurance flight was unsuccessful. They were forced down by a ta-i flutter two hours thirty-three minutes after the start". They propose to make a third attempt on Tuesday.— AIN.Z.C.A. ‘
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10452, 6 December 1927, Page 5
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