KINGSFORD SMITH STAYS UP DURING ENDURANCE FLIGHT.
ALL SATISFACTORY, SAYS RADIO MESSAGE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 19, noon.) SAN FRANCISCO, December 18. Captain Kingsford Smith took off at 8.32 i a.m. for an endurance flight. The machine ran 2500 feet down the runway and took the air after 35 seconds. Visibility was excellent, with a mild breeze rising later. At noon the “ Spirit of California ” had been up over three hours and a half when Captain Smith sent a radio message saying that all was satisfactory.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18341, 19 December 1927, Page 4
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