AVIATION
HURLEY’S PROGRESS
(United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this day at 8 a.m.)
LONDON. November 21
Hurley, owing to ignorance off the regulations specifying the necessity tor civilian aircraft to give the Egyptian Government fifteen days notice prior to arrival, was delayed at Cairo. However, the authorities kindly waived the conditions and the plane left for Solium heading out in tin? mist. The aviators ganied fleeting glimpses of the Nile delta with the bewildering tangle of silvery waterways and turned West along the dividing line with the blue .Mediterranean on the starboard and the golden sands of l.ibyan desert stretching to the horizon on the port. They reached Solium at one p.m., a remarkable outpost on the iron tier dl Egyptian and Italian territory. The aerodrome is on top ni a cliff nine hundred feet above the sea. There is a treacherous landing surrounded br rocky country, where many aeroplanes have come to grief. 'I lie- indefatigable Owens is working on the engine, giving it a thorough tune up before crossing the Mediterranean. They leave at daybreak on the 25th for Athens.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1928, Page 6
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