DARING FLIGHTS.
FAR-FLUNG ISLANDS VISITED;!
By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
MADRID, March 17
De Beires, the Portuguese aviator, left Bissagos in scenes of tense excitement, the natives of the islands evincing -great fear of the aeroplane, which they had never seen before. ' Beires d’d not intend to stop at Fernando do Noronlia, hoping to accomplish the first non-stop flight across the South Atlantic, but after au 18tX) miles flight in 174 hours, lie descended at Fernando do Noronha.
..’The'.flight whs 100 mijes longer than di Pinedo’s from Cape Verde. •
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 March 1927, Page 10
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93DARING FLIGHTS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 19 March 1927, Page 10
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