HURLEY’S FLIGHT.
THROUGH THE MIST TO SOLL-UM.
Oultod Prcsa Asen. by EL Tel. Copyright (United Servioe.) (Deceived Nov. 25. 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 24.
Captain Hurley, owing to ’ ignorance of the regulations specifying the necessity for civilian aircraft to give the Egyptian Government 15 days’ notice prior to arrival, was delayed at Cairo. However, the authorities kindly waived the conditions and the piiiiie loft for Solium. ' Heading 'out in .the mist, the aviators gained Meeting glimpses of the Nile Delta, with its Bewildering tangle "of silvery. Waterways. Turned west along the dividing line, with the blue Mediterranean on the starboard and tl|e -golden sands of the Libyan Desert stretching to the horizon;- on the' port side,, the piano reached Solium at one p.m.
it is "a remarkable outpost on the frontier of Egyptian-ltalian territory. The aerodrome is on the top of. a cliff nine hundred feet above the sea , and there is a treacherous landing, surrounded by rocky country, where many aeroplanes have come to grief,. Tile indefatigable Owens is working on the engine and giving it a thorough. tune-up before crossing the Mediterranean. They leave at daybreak. on the 25th for Athens.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10753, 26 November 1928, Page 5
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