TO SOUTH POLE BY AIR.
EXPEDITION NEXT YEAR. MR. J. L. COPE'S PLANS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) LONDON. Sept- 25. Mr. John L. Cope, who is to lead a British South Polar expedition in June, 1920, and who is taking with him an aeroplane, in an interview stated that preparations for a flight to the South Pole are well advanced. Experts are designing an aeroplane, and are negotiating with one of the foraniost airmen in the world to take the place of General Lee, who has died, as the chief of the aeronautical staff. Mr. Cope also intends to use the aeroplane in order to map Antarctica from the air during his six years' expedition on the ice fields.
Sir Ernest Shaekleton agrees as to the practicable use to which an aeroplane can he put. The machine will have a great climbing capacity, and will carry four men and provisions for at least a month. Experts are convinced that they are able to design an aeroplane which will be able to climb 10.000 ft. The machine will be equipped with skids instead of wheels to enable it to land on snow or ice. The airman will also act as a pilot for the ship through the ice, pointing out ice-free channels. Mr. Ernest Joyce will be second in command of the expedition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17275, 26 September 1919, Page 7
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226TO SOUTH POLE BY AIR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17275, 26 September 1919, Page 7
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