ODDS TOO HEAVY.
BRITISH FLIGHT ENDED,
(Received 10.45 a.m.) VANCOUVER, August 4. Captain MacLaren has decided to abandon the British world flight attempt.—Reuter.
MACHINE BADLY SMASHED,
NO SPARES AVAILABLE
(Received 11.35 a.m.) VANCOUVER, August 4,
A wireless from Captain MacLaren at Nikolski states that the plane's wings, floats and tail are smashed. As spares are unavailable it is necessary to abandon the flight. The hull and engine have been salvaged and taken aboard trawler Thiepval.
The machine fell near Nikolski on Saturday as Captain MacLaren was about to complete his flight from Petropavlovsk. The Thiepval reached Nikolski on Saturday evening, having hurried from Petropavlovsk after the plane had departed from there on
Thursday,
Captain MacLaren in a later message states that owing to thick fog he was forced to descend near the Komandorski Islands, damaging the machine seriously. He will return by way of Vancouver in the Thiepval.— Reuter.
THE WADE CAPSIZE
MAY END HIS CHANCE,
(Received 12.30 p.m.)
WASHINGTON, This Day,
It is reported that Wade's machine was abandoned after capsizing in a heavy sea when enroute from the Orkneys to Iceland.
The War Department announces that if Wade's machine cannot be repaired he will definitely be out of the world
flight.—Sun
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Northern Advocate, 5 August 1924, Page 5
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