WORLD-FLIGHT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 15 May 1922, Page 5

WORLD-FLIGHT.

LONDON, April 28Major W. T. jjiaiie, wno uas nciW£ takeu up the world night project lit place or the late teir Ross Snath, is ak years of age. He is married, lias two children, anil served on various war fronts as an aur inteiiigence oxucer. [subsequently in. tiu*--Midciie Jiiast area, he Jwas largely concerned with the organisation of tibor « Egjpt-iiicua. and Cairo-Capetown aic rouies. femee then he has acted as aviations correspondent of the Daily. News. Wfr new to Russia last summer to invest!— .-"^ gate the famine conditions. *"~"~ Major Blake proposes to start front. _ the iiiames, near tiie Houses of Parliament, on May 24. If all goes well h* hopes to return to England in August. or September. His chosen route, wiucJ*. adheres largely to that of Sir ftos*." Smith, deviates from it in crossing that Atlantic because the longest sea passage will be ,800 miles. He will ha.v» sufficient tankage, however, to cover 1500 miles.