MATTHEWS LOST A DAY THROUGH BAD WEATHER
FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA PASSED OVER BAGDAD British Official Wireless Reed. 11.40 a.m. RUGBY, Wed. Captain F. J. Matthews," who is attempting a solo flight from England to Australia, flew non-stop to Belgrade (not Sofia, as originally intended) at an average speed of 115 miles an hour. The airman was detained at Belgrade by bad weather and lost a day. Eater he reached Sofia. He is disappointed at losing a day at Belgrade owing to bad weather. He resumed his flight to Constanti- j nople, and a message from Bagdad later said he passed over there at dawn without stopping. Matthews is continuing from Constantinople toward Aleppo. TO FLY BY NIGHT \ Reed. 10.5 a.m. LONDON, Thurs. With the exception of Captain Barnard, whose plans are undisclosed, the most ambitious attempt to undertake an air race to Australia is that of Mr. M. A. Murray, who is ready to start in a Moth at the first favourable midnight. He will do day and night flying in the hope of completing the trip in eight days.
FLIGHT TO KENYA LONDON, Wednesday. Two Cambridge undergraduates, Kenneth Shenstone and Patrick Fairbairn, who left Croydon this morning on a flight to Kenya, have arrived at Marseilles. They may fly to Australia later.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1081, 19 September 1930, Page 9
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