FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.
BRITISH AIRMEN START. MARSEILLES-ROME STAGE. (Received February 19, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. IS. Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Hamilton and Flying-Officer R. K. Coupland left Lympne this morning in a Puss Moth aeroplane on a flight to Australia and back. They propose to fly night and day and expect to reach Darwin on W ednesdav. The fliers arrived at Marseilles and left there for Rome. FORCED LANDING MADE. CHANCE OF RECORD VANISHES. * (Received February 20, 1.25 a.m.) ROME, Feb. 19. The two airmen Hamilton and Coupland were forced down in a gale at Grosseto. They have lost so much time now that their chances of beating the record have vanished. The fliers were taken to the police station at Grosseto to explain why they landed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19320220.2.71
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 9
Word Count
125FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21112, 20 February 1932, Page 9
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.