NEW ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19976, 19 June 1928, Page 9

NEW ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

MONOPLANE SETS OUT. NEWFOUNDLAND TO EUROPE BOSTON GIRL PASSENGER. SHIP REPORTS PROGRESS. LOOK-OUT IN IRELAND. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian Press Association—United Service (Received June IS. P. 55 p.m.) LONDON, June 18. A message received yesterday from Trepassv Bay, Newfoundland, stated that the monoplane Friendship, bearing Miss Amelia Earhart, a Boston society girl, Captain Sturtz (pilot), and Mr. Gordon, navigator, left there at 9.51 a.m. that day for a European destination, probably Southampton. The weather conditions over the Atlantic were favourable. The Friendship communicated with the steamer Rexmore at 3.45 p.m. and asked her position. She was proceeding without trouble. The Rexmore was then about approximately one-third of the distance between Newfoundland and Ireland. Later the monoplane was located (but not seen) about 700 miles east of Newfoundland. Her wireless signals were clear and etrong. The Irish coastguards' wireless stations are on the alert for signals from the Friendship this morning. There was a thick haze last night on the southern and western coasts, with light northerly winds. Mrs. Guest, wife of Captain F. E. Guest, M.P. for North Bristol, was the prime mover in the flight of the Friendship, which she financed to the extent of at least £BOOO. She desired to participate in the venture, but her family objected on account of the risk, whereupon she appointed Miss Earharfc in her place.