ATLANTIC FLIGHT
ATTEMPT TO BEAT LtNDBERGH’B TtME □rilled Press Association -Bv Electric Tpffiernnh t'dbVFlfcfc* (Received September 3, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. September 2 Harry Richman, a noted vaudeville entertainer, and Dick Merrill, a wellknown commercial pilot, at the controls in a monoplane christened Lady Peace, took off oh the first round trip to London. They hope to reach their destination at noon and will return immediately after refuelling. They are confident that both ways they will take less time than Colonel Lindbergh on his Paris hop. CONDITIONS BAD OFF COAST United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph -Copcrlght (Received September 3, 12.35 p.m.) LONDON, September 3 Richman and Merill are not likely to reach Croydon until 3 p.m. Heavy rain is falling on this side of the Atlantic, and conditions are bad over the Irish Sea.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20514, 4 September 1936, Page 9
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135ATLANTIC FLIGHT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20514, 4 September 1936, Page 9
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