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GRAF ZEPPELIN’S ARCTIC VENTUBE. OSLOW, January 12. Eansen has left for America to secure support for the Arctic expedition for the-Graf Zeppeiin in 1930. NON-STOP WORLD FLIGHT. DENVER (Colorado), January 13. The Denver Post on Saturday offered a 50.000 prize for the first nonstop airplane Hight round the world, as nearly as possible along the fortieth parallel, commencing and ending at Denver. N.Z. PLANE IN HOWLING GALE NAPIER, January 14. Captain George Bolt, and Captain Stedman, c-f Wellington, arrived at "Napier on Saturday in an AvroAvian plane, 'after a two and a-half hours’ trip from Wellington. On Friday, they flew from Christchurch to Wellington in three* and three-quarter hours in a howling gale. The weather was so bad that the airmen were fearful they yould not reach Wellington, and turned back but gave it another go, and landed safely at Lyall Bay.
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Grey River Argus, 15 January 1929, Page 7
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