ACROSS THE PACIFIC
FLIGHT TO WELLINGTON. NOT IN DOLE PRIZE FLIGHT. 'CAPTAIN GILES’S INTENTIONS. V CAHUK -PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 9.35 a.in. to-day. NEW YORK, Aug. 16. Captain Giles lias arrived at Seliridge field, Detroit, to-day from Wyandotte. He will then start for Wellington. The first stop planned is San Francisco. Captain Giles intended to take off on August 15, but discovered that acid seeping from a defective storage battery had lotted a large portion of the fabric from the lower portion of the fuselage. Captain Giles declared that the acid prevented the ’plane from entering the Dole race, because lie was unable to repair it in time.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 August 1927, Page 7
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108ACROSS THE PACIFIC Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 August 1927, Page 7
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