BERT HINKLER AT MALTA
FLIGHT IN A BABY MACHINE PERILS OF LANDING AT NIGHT. b SNIFF OF FUMES OF VESUVIUS. By Telegraph—Tress Assn.—Copyright. Received Feb. 9, 9.15 p.m. A. and N.Z. London, Feb. 9. A message from Bert Hinkler at Malta states that he was over the sea during practically the whole flight from Rome, whence he arrived at 3 o’clock. He is flying from England to Australia, endeavouring to complete the journey in 28 days. He adds: “I had a good sniff of the fumes of Vesuvius, while the machine bumped about violently. The R.A.F. here was extremely good. “My landing at Rome last night was based on my memory of a landing eight years ago with a Baby Avro. I remembered the aerodrome and the wireless masts and it gave me a feeling of horror this morning to see more high wireless masts to which I must have flown close in the darkness.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19280210.2.69
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1928, Page 9
Word Count
155BERT HINKLER AT MALTA Taranaki Daily News, 10 February 1928, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in