LONG PACIFIC FLIGHT
DESTROYERS ON DUTY.
COMMUNICATION TESTS,
(Received 10.40 a.m.)
"WASHINGTON, August 13.
The two naval destroyers . William Jones and McCauley will be assigned to guard the proposed aeroplane flight
from San' Francisco to Hawaii, now scheduled to start on September 20.
. Complete radio compass and radio communication tests between the planes and the-destroyers will be worked out prior to the start. The destroyers will later take up positions in the Pacific for rendering any possible assistance to the flyers.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 14 July 1925, Page 5
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