ACROSS AFRICA ALONE
LAD) HEATH'S FLIGHT
United Press Assoeiat inn -By l.lect tie Telegraph- Uipytight. Australian Press Association
CAIRO. 9ih April
Lady Heath, who has been I'orlnddeit to ,-ont inu,- her Ihglit to London without an escort. has thus far crossed Atrica. e.lune. I'l-n' niiianee of the flight- will in volve crossing the Mediterranean.
COATES AND 1.FBI!IX
United Service
HONG KONG. loih April
The French airmen. Cosies and l.ehrix have reached Hanoi on their non-stop flight from Tokio. a distance ot ahoiit 2500 miles. The time occupied was >v» hours.
LADY RAir.EY CRASHES
Australian Press Association
(Received llili April. 10.50 a.m.) CAPETOWN, lOtli April
Lady Hailey. Hying solo in :t Moth 'plane from England to South Africa cabled her husband that she had crashed at Tabora. hut was unhurt. The Machine was wrecked. The Egyptian authorities refused to allow her to proceed south of Khartoum owing to the danger attending a forced landing in the Soudan, and escorted Iter as far as Mongolia on Sunday.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 11 April 1928, Page 5
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