AVIATION.
FOL OR EXPEDITION. DR. NANSEN’S PLANS. MOSCOW, aJnuary 9. Dr. Nansen’s collaborators informed the International Society of Arctic Airship Study, that the organisation of two trans-Polar flights has commenced. The first is proposed from Leningrad to Murmansk, North Pole, and Alaska, returning via Siberia. The second involves linking up Berlin and Tokio, via Leningard. COBHAM’S FLIGHT TO SOUTH AFRICA. MALTA, January 9. His aeroplane having been repaired, Sir A. Cobham will resume his flight around South Africa dfrcctly the weather permits. Red Rose Crashes. AVIATORS ESCAPE. WITH MINOR 'INJURIES. .WELTEVREDEN, January 10. The Red Rose arrived at Muntok. It was intended to proceed to Batavia, but it crashed from a height of fifty metres owing to a broken plunger axle. Lancaster received slight concussion, and a slight wound to his lip. Mrs Miller had a broken nose. The maehuw was damaged.
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Grey River Argus, 11 January 1928, Page 5
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