AERIAL NAVIGATION
AWARD TO CHICHESTER BEST EFFORT OF THE YEAR (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Pross Assn.) (Received October 27, 2 p.m.) ' LONDON, Get. 26. The Guild of Air Pilots has awarded a memorial plaque in memory of the noted navigator, Squadron-Leader Johnston, a victim of the RlOl, and .a trophy for the year’s best feat of civil aerial naviatiou to Mr. F. C. Chichester, for his llight from New Zealand to Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. '. All Empire flyers are eligible, and it is understood that Mr. 0. W. Soott, Mr. J. A. Mollison, and SquadronLeader Kingsford Smith were considered. It,had been arranged for the.,Prince of Wales to present the trophy in November, but as it is improbable that Mr. Chichester will be 'in England then,. the guild has cabled Squadron-Leader Wilkes, director of aviation in New Zealand, asking his whereabouts...
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17609, 27 October 1931, Page 8
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