ATLANTIC FLIGHT
SWEDISH AIRMAN SETS OUT.
NEAV YORK VIA GREENLAND,
NOT ATTEMPTING A RECORD. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) Received June 10, 10.30 a.m. STOCKHOLM, June 9. Captain Ahrenberg, Sweden’s leading ariator, took off for New York, via Greenland, to-day. Captain Ahrenberg is not attempting a record, but is trying to open up a safo Northern route of comparatively short hops. The Swedish airman is using a seaplane with special floats to enable him to descend in a rough sea. He has taken a> reserve pilot and his son. The latter is acting as wireless operator.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1929, Page 7
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102ATLANTIC FLIGHT Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 162, 10 June 1929, Page 7
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