DETROIT TO LONDON
HANDSOME PRIZE FOR FIRST PLANE (Received 7t.h June, 9.35 aim.) NEW YORK, 6th June. A message from Detroit states that business men meet to-morrow for the purpose of raising a prize of 50,000 dollars for the first commercial plane to fly from Detroit to London with a load equivalent to five passengers. Harvey Campbell, the sponsor of the project, said: “We havo in mind the creation of an incentive to build planes capable of practical flights instead of flights where one or two men carry a load of gasoline.” Mr Campbell stated that no such plane was at present being built, but he pointed out. that the prize won by Lindbergh had been available for eight years.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19270607.2.64.2
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 June 1927, Page 5
Word Count
120DETROIT TO LONDON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 June 1927, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.