“INTO THE UNKNOWN”
LINCOLN ELLSWORTH’S FLIGHT. ALL READY TO TAKE OFF By Telegraph—Press Assn. Copyright. Rec. 8.30 p.m. New York, Nov. 14. A- N.A.N.A. copyright message by Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, who is fly over the Antarctic from Dundee Island, states that to-day he made test flights separately with McssiS. T. Hoilick Henyon and James Lymburner, his Canadian pilots. Both operators amd aeroplane performed excellently.. “The snow surface was just right tor the take-off, and constant radio communication was kept with the operator aboard the Wyatt Earp,” he states. The weather was good, but at 3000 feet altitude visibility was limited by a hazy horizon. , . , “There is a full complement of provisions and emergency trail equipment on the plane. There remains only a few last-minute navigation problems to be put on paper for reference during the fliglit, after which we will be ready to start into the unknown. “If the weather is good we should be off the day after to-morrow.”
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1935, Page 6
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