TRANSPACIFIC FLIGHT
CLIPPER’S RETURN TRIP.
HEAD WIND SLOWS SPEED.
[United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). Received 10.45 a.m. to-day. HONOLULU, April 23.
The clipper plane, Pioneer, which flew from California to Honolulu last week, took off for California at 3.29 p.m.
A report front the clipper at 5 a.m. stated that a 36 miles an hour head wind had slowed the clipper’s speed to less''than 100 miles an hour. The plane "was 1393 miles from Honolulu and a storm was just breaking.
ARRIVAL IN CALIFORNIA. Received 1.15 p.m. to-day. ALAMEDA (Colifornia), April 23. The clipper aeroplane from Honolulu arrived at 2.58 a.m. Pacific standard time. .She was delayed by continuous head winds.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5
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