TO FLY IN ALASKAN.
WILKINS WILL USE SMALL ’PLANE ON POLAR TRIP.
AIMS TO HOP-OFF WHEN WEATHER PERMITS.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and X.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 3, 11.35 a.m.) VANCOUVER, May 2. Captain Wilkins and Lieutenant Eielson have decided to use the Alaskan to seek land in the Polar seas. After an overhaul they will return to
Point Barrow and will hop-off when the weather permits. Captain Wilkins said: “We will have enough gasoline for twelve hours over the icefields and will return to Fairbanks. The Alaskan can cover 100 miles an hour.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17836, 3 May 1926, Page 1
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