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COLONEL LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT. NON-STOP TO MEXICO CITY. (Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.) WASHINGTON, December 13. Colonel Lindbergh hopped off on a 2000-mile non-stop flight to Mexico City at 12.30 to-day.—A. and N.Z. Cable. A GOOD START EFFECTED. THE WEATHER FOGGY. WASHINGTON, December 13. Colonel Lindbergh made a good start in the Spirit of St. Louis, though the field was wet and the weather foggy. He carries 350 gallons of petrol, a week’s supply of army rations, a small rifle, and charts. Mexican ’planes plan to meet him at Tampico and escort him to the Ballbuena military field, where he will land before grand stands seating 10,000 persons. The flight is being made at the invitation of President Callcs. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20282, 15 December 1927, Page 11
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