FLYING ROUND THE WORLD.
v-^-i:-.,:,'-:, h *-v, n' NEW Y-OIIK, May -15. • MiyPortter Atwell~ Adams, a Boston ayiatOr7'Who -is 'a descendant-) of John Qiii'ncy 'Adams,' 5 is making plana for a voyage round the' worlds- by aeroplane!! •-^6' 'Ariabhihfe'- whereby he lippes/- to put an aeiTail /girdle Jdund- the, globe is to carry- tfeVen pasengers; >and; 'according, to Mb Ad^ni^* present -anrapgienients, will rise- Anto- the 1 ' bltte^ on -its gfeat adventure, from Boston m the sunimer of '1917. Flying has made such rapid progress since the outbreak of war that the feat is now by no means impracticable. The Sun, m wishing Mr Adams success, refers to him as the "Magellan, of the Air." , .-•.-'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14053, 25 July 1916, Page 5
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