ATLANTIC FLIGHT DANGER
CAPTAIN BOYD’S EXPERIENCE, RETURN JOURNEY DISCUSSED. By Tclecraph—Press Asqn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 13. The plans of the Atlantic flyers, Capf. Boyd and Flight-Lieut. Connor are not yet decided. "At present they are considering a return flight via the Azores. Boyd says that they have no intern tion of taking a direct route and adds: “We took an over-big chance on the original trip. When we landed we felt we did not want to fly across the' ocean again, but we are now feeling the old urge. If the flight proved anything it was that the Atlantic could be crossed during the stormiest period of the year with JO hours of darkness as opposed to four hours in mid-sum in er. Anybody attempting the Atlantic flight without plenty of experience of blind flying is courting certain death at present. The element of risk over the Atlantic is almost wholly a human element. The engine did not miss a stroke and the navigation instruments were perfect.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1930, Page 13
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