NORTH POLAR FLIGHT
ZEPPELIN CREW REFUSES TO TAKE PART A list)'alia n and X.Z. Press Association BERLIN, Saturday. Tlie entire crew of the Graf Zeppelin were asked if they were w illing to participate in an expedition to the North Pole. They held a meeting and decided to refuse. The men contend that ‘hey were engaged for passenger flights, not for risky adventures like that of General Nobile. The organisers of the proposed Arctic expedition are threatening to sue Dr. Eckener, who had contracted to find a crew.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 9
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88NORTH POLAR FLIGHT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 9
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