LIEUT. PARIS ABANDONS TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Aust. Press Assn.—United Service. Received Wednesday 5.5 p.m. PARIS, July 24. Owing to engine trouble Lieutenant Paris’- Atlantic flight has been abandoned. A French cruiser is calling at the Azores -to pick up the machine and craw, . The machine, La.Frfegate, had previously flown from Brest to the Azores, en. route for New York,
DEVICE TESTS «Uli ABIUTT or cANiJabates FOR FLYING. Received Wednesday, 5.5 p.m . LONDON, July 24. A remarkable device, the Reid aptitude apparatus, costing almost £IOOO, has. been shipped to Melbourne, on order by the R.A-A.F. It is reputed to be well-high infallible for testing the suitableness of candidates for military and civil dying; also the maintenance of fitness after being in service. It has simple mechanism, like the •cockpit of: an airplane, with gears.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 9
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132LIEUT. PARIS ABANDONS TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 9
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