LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT.
GOING ON TO ENGLAND
CREDITED WITH LONGER TRIP
THAN CARR
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 1.40 p.m. to-day. LONDON, May 23. Lindibergh will fly to Brussels on Saturday, and to Croydon on Sunday. Expert measurements give Lindbergh 3625 miles and Carr 3425 miles. —“Sydney Sun” Cable.
AN UNEXPECTED HONOUR
Received 11.35 a.m. to-day,
PARIS, May 23. In the presence of the American Ambassador (Mr Herrick), President Doumergue unexpectedly decorated Lirndbergh with the Cross of the Legion of Honour. M. Doumonge warmly embraced and felicitated the airman ._ Lindbergh also received the _ Aero Club’s medal, after which. M. Poincare congratulated him. —A.P.A. and “Sun.’
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 May 1927, Page 7
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