DO.X.'S FLIGHT
ANOTHER STAGE STARTS LADY HAY LEFT BEHIND (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received November 15, 11 u.m.) LONDON, Nov. 14. The Do.X. took off for Bordeaux on another stage of the Atlantic flight, after several unsuccessful attempts to rise. Lady Drummond Hay was left behind, apparently haying lost her direction in a fog. The commander decided to wait five minutes, but she did not appear. Then the flag was dropped, the- engiines started, and the plane taxied out into open water. Another' passenger, the noted test pilot, Captain Baird, nearly missed the Do.X. He chased.it in a motor launch, jumped on to a float, and disappeared through the main door as the Do.X. headed for the taking-off point.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17417, 15 November 1930, Page 5
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