NOBILE BELIEVES HIS TASK WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT.
, NEW YORK, April 24. In an interview with the “New York Times ” Major-General Nobile, while unhesitatingly praising Captain Wilkins’s feat in the face of adverse weather conditions, expressed himself guardedly regarding the scientific value of the- enterprise. General Nobile remarked that the fact that Captain Wilkins failed tc. sight land was not positive proof that there was no large island or even continent between Alaska and Spitzbergen. He added that the airmen may have failed to notice land traversed on account of bad vision.
“ The flight from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen was a great feat,” he said, “but the trip in the opposite direction is much more difficult. I know what I have to face in my expedition, but I believe that the scientific results will be entirely satisfactory. An airship can halt or cruise over a certain point for a long time, while a 'plane is unable to do this and must continue its course at top speed.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18448, 26 April 1928, Page 10
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