CROSSING THE ATLANTIC.
WATERPLANE TO BE USED, (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright!.). ■'■' (London Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables) 1 LONDON, February 6. A trans- Atlantic aeroplane flight from' '-.' Newfoundland to Ireland is promised for the summer. A specially-constructed' flying boat is expected to take 55 hours', " At an altitude of t IO,OOO feet. Later. — An attempt to cross the Atlantic from Newfoundland for*- the Daily Mail prize will probably be made fet August or September m a waterplane constructed by Mr Curtis on the flying boat principle. Lieutenant Porte, a British - naval.---j officer, Avill be- one of the pilots, and a ' second will be an American not yet, chosen. . , - v The machine weighs a tort and carries , *!' 400 gallons of petrol, and is fitted with wireless. , - Messrs Lodman and Wanamaker, Americans, are financing the* scheme. ——————■__——_■___' -■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 3
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134CROSSING THE ATLANTIC. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 3
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