IN THE AIR.
INTEREST IN TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. REMARKABLE FLIGHT OVER NORTH SEA. London, March 20. There is considerable interest in the rivalry of Australian aviators ever the trans-Atlantic flight. Hawker liopes to commence the flight from Newfoundland within ten days. Pickles formally entered the competition yesterday. He says he thinks that he can complete the flight in 14 hours and said "If we win it will be a great thing for Aus-tralia.''—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
London, March 21. A British Bon-rigid machine made a remarkable flight, a complete circuit of tho North Sea in most unfavorable weather. The vessel covered 1285 miles in 40J hours, the longest British voyage oversea, and a world's record for a nonrigid airship,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 March 1919, Page 5
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