FLIGHT ACROSS AMERICA.
DAWN-TO-DUSK ATTEMPT..' - '- VANCOUVER, 3 uly 21. Starting at' 4 a.m v on an attempt to make a , dawn-to-dusk ■■; flight .' across:, the American ; continent, x Lieutenant Maughan covered two-thirds of the route between New York and San Francisco before 3 p.m.; when he was compelled to abandon his flight at Green' River, ; Wyoming. • United States air officials are' disposed to overrule Lieutenant Maughan's wish to' make ; another attempt this year. The days are now becoming' shorter, -and his chances of success are correspondingly diminished, especially as ft will take him some days to instal a new engine in his Curtis Bullet machine.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 9
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