WORLD FLIERS
HOP OFF FROM ICELAND
AMERICANS AND ITALIAN. B¥ CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Ihe United States world fliers and Lieut. Locatelli, an Italian, hopped off ii om Reykjavik, Iceland, this morning oil their 825-mile journey to Prederiksdal, Greenland. All the airplanes took off easily. . HALIFAX, Aug. 21. Ine United States fliers have reached Greenland, according to advices received here.
. This stage of the world flight of the American airmen was regarded as the most dangerous of their journey. They planned, after leaving the Orkney Isands, to stay a night at Hornafjord (the capital of Iceland). They then proposed to fly to Anmagsalik" (Greenafter which they would cross 100 miles of pack ice, studded with huge icebergs. On that stage they would lie faced with certain death in the event of engine failure.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 August 1924, Page 5
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