AVIATION'S PROGRESS
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE U.S. PRESIDENT'S REVIEW (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) iAustralian and N.Z. I'rcss Association.' (Received Dee. 13, 10 a.m.) • WASHINGTON, Dec. J2. President Coolidge opened the International Aeronautical Conference with an address which reviewed the progress of human iliglit from antiquity fo the present day.' He .said in reference to the Wright celebration this year that it would mark the third-quarter-century of the history of human flight. The desire of learning to fly had probably always been* in the human breast. The President (/noted from "Loeksl.y Hall,'', "saw the heavens filled with commerce," and added that 70,000 miles of air routes were now re ; ; uiar!y operated in the world.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16826, 13 December 1928, Page 7
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