HURLEY'S FLIGHT.
AVIATOR) HEADING FOR NORTH WEST OF AUSTRALIA
United Press Asßn. by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Assn.) SYDNEY. November h. Captain Hurley lett Wyndliam at L4l a.m., otherwise 3.41 n.m. Sydney time, and headed for Capo Londonderry, on tlie extreme north-west coast, of Australia at a speed, of 90 miles an hour. He will set a course for. Koepang, and in the event of heajd winds a landing will be effected at Sour a Gaya'. . Captain .Hurley does not intend to risk landing at an unfamiliar aerodrome 1 surrounded by high mountains in the dark. The machine carries 300 gallons of petrol! sufficient for 24 hours. CROSSING. QF TIMOR SEA United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright' , (Australian Press Assn.) (Received Nov. 5, 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. o v A message- to-day from Captain Hurley that the *. Spiw.tr,-ot Australia” crossed the Timor Sea safely in a little over five hours. Passing Timor, the plane attracted many, natives. from the % village? i o watch, the unusual visitor. ■
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10736, 6 November 1928, Page 5
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