FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA
KINGSFORD SMITH’S PROJECT. DEPARTURE NEXT WEEK. New York, May 24. A message from Los Angeles says it is now learned that Captain Kingsford Smith hopes to commence his flight to Australia on June 1. Ho at present plans to leave for Mills’ Field to-morrow accompanied by Ulm and there the instruments will be adjusted and final preparations made. Smith declared that the crew would be composed of himself and Ulm as pilots, Captain Harry Lyon of Maine as navigator, and James War ~r of Kansas City as radio operator. Upon arrival at Honolulu the airmen will spend a day or two resting and then proceed to Fiji Islands, where Lyon and Warner leave the ’plane, Smith and Ulm continuing alone to Brisbane according to present plans.—Australian Press Association.
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Southland Times, Issue 20496, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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131FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA Southland Times, Issue 20496, 26 May 1928, Page 7
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