OVER THE ROCKIES
SXrADIAN AIRMAN’S FLIGHT MONTREAL TO VANCOUVER. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. _ VANCOUVER, September 30. Completing the first MontreaLVaneonver flight, Squadron-Leader Godfrey arrived eight days after his hop-off in * Royal Canadian Air Force
seaplane after several delaye owing to bad weather. »last non-stop lap was over the Rockies and the other mountains of British Columbia, 720, miles, which took 440 minutes. Godfrey said: “The course we took across Canada ■is an _ ideal seaplane route and its possibilities for the future good. With the exception of the Rocky Mountains, it would be possible in future to fly by night over any portion of the route.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12558, 22 September 1926, Page 4
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106OVER THE ROCKIES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12558, 22 September 1926, Page 4
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