INTREPID AVIATOR
HILL’S DELAYED FLIGHT TO i c' j j AUSTRALIA, y,/
FLIER MAY RESUME TO-DAY
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(U.P.A. by Elec] Tel Copyright) (ReeeiyediDeb.’ 8,-7.40p.m.) WELTEVREDEN: Dbc, 8. ' Thc -ayiator-Hid, .hayiug i received from AustinJihy^pafo..parts-: to <repair his aerdplaixo and u.folding boat '.from Kingsfordi .Smith, expects to leave ;Sourabaya for Australia • today. mk' t;V 'A Iv.u' . {). (Lieut.. Hill left England on October sin his own- little Moth to spend part of (his lp'aye Avitlv his t .parents in Queensland. : He . proceeded without mishap until October 18, when he had only :to make his final oversea hop to Australia; Kingston! .Smith. kwhPileft fpur days after Hdl* iVapidly gained .«ori; him.; . On, October 18 / Hill’s plane Overturned -on the Beashox:o between Ko.epangand Atapoe'poo: Smith - flying. past,: saw a machiuo, apparently dismaiitjeu, 60ft, -from -tho. aerodromes, i ;He flow lbw.v saw i that •it »Avas ■ wroc-kod.; • and ,so lauded to sec] .if 'he .could be .of any assistance, . .and met Hill. His (sporting . action naturally delayed hin flight to Darwin-for. some hours)•
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11384, 9 December 1930, Page 5
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