DARING PROJECT
LONG AIR TRIP. PARIS TO NEW YORK. ATTEMPT NEXT MONTH. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT (Received Aug. 31, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 30. The French pilots, Tarascon and Coli, have arranged to start in the middle of September on a flight from Paris to NeAv York. This Avill rank as the most daring long distance flight in the history of aviation. A Petez Jupiter ’plane, which they propose to use, has a detachable ipuler-carriage, Avliieh Avill be jettisoned Avhen over the sea, in the interests of speed and fuel. The engine is 320 h.p., British designed and French built. The ’plane is expected to attain a speed of 140 .miles per hour. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 August 1925, Page 5
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115DARING PROJECT Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 31 August 1925, Page 5
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