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HOP TO AMERICA. IvINGSFORD SMITH AT HONOLULU THE AIRMAN’S PLANS. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 1, 10.40 a.m. HONOLULU, Oct. 31.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith will probably take off on Thursday at noon, depending on the weather, which he is studying to-day. He is also testing a receiving radio set to aid navigation in the fog area on the United States coast.
The storm area near the Pacific Coast is moving north and there may be good weather within a few hours. The United States coastguard weather bureau is preparing here to aid with reports from all ships on the coast. Sir Charles plans to fly at 170 miles miles an hour in the daylight, throttling down to 130 miles an hour at nightfall and going up to 12,000 feet. He was practising a ukulele he bought to-day, saying he 'would play it to keep Captain P. G. Taylor from going to sleep as he did on his w r ay from Suva. On his arrival at Wheeler Captain Taylor lost his wartime helmet, which he wears for good luck. The army ordered a search of the whole reservation and the helmet was found to-day, much to Captain Taylor’s relief. Sir Charles will test the ’plane to-day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 287, 1 November 1934, Page 7
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