"FLYING" IN AUSTRALIA.
■ [taOM QW&- own ■ Stdnby, July 6. " He got bushed in a ckud" is ?. colloquial version of the explanation by the American A. B. Stone for his failure against W. E, Hart, Australia's .first native-born airman, in the first aviation contest held- iflt Australia on Saturday, near to-Sydney. Hart had to start ten minutes of StdUe> and safely "Jew 6vei* the cross-country ■ course of miles fii 24 minutes. He i found it advisable to make-a big sweep round t at the beginning in order to allow for a strong cross wind. Stone ran into a bi{? rain cloud. When" he emerged, wet - through, he had-lost .sight of Hart, was out of his course, and had lost his bearings. After he had been in the air, for nearly half an hour and found himself alongside of the sea instead, of at a place 18 miles away, ho gave upi and descended to the earth a damp, disappointed aviator.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15047, 17 July 1912, Page 6
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