TRANS-OCEAN AIR ROUTE.
AIRMAN'S PREDICTION,
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association) LONDON, June 1. In an interview, Commander Tower commander of the United Stateß trans Atlantic flight on NC4, said : "I predict that within five years there will be a chain of international lightships, each being a meteorological station, which will patrol the ocean along a trans-ocean air route. This will mean a large initial expenditure, but it will be well worth while, as the lightshipp will be able to aid vessels as well as airships. Such a patrol would put transAtlantic flying on a substantial basis. The' first chain could be established via the Azores, since that is the best flying, course, but a chain between Newfoundland and Ireland is also practicable. Lightships every five "hundred miles would be necessary.
NEW YORK, June 8. The New York Times' St. Jolii_'f correspondent states that the under-car-riage of the Sopwith machine, dropped by Hawker upon leaving Newfoundland has been landed by a schooner, whicli found it off the Grand Banks.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14937, 16 June 1919, Page 3
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