AVIATION
CAPTAIN HURLEY AT BAGHDAD A TRYING ORDEAL. [United Press Association—By Cable Copyright.! (Australian and N.Z. Press Assn.) (Received 21, 10.5 a.m.) Baghdad, Nov. 20. Arriving yesterday night from Bushire, Captain Hurley attempted an early take-off for Ramleh but mud prevented him He succeeded later. Captain Hurley says that the passage of the Persian Gulf was a most trying ordeal, consisting of fighting sandstorms.
A later message states:—Captain Hurley writes that he reached Baghdad two hours ahead of time, 'the aerodrome was deep in mud and slush and he' will have to wait till the sun bakes the surface before he will be able to depart. “Had we not been held up in Persia,” he says, “we would have escaped the despicable weather we did encounter.”
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 288, 21 November 1928, Page 5
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126AVIATION Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 288, 21 November 1928, Page 5
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