Kingsford Smith and His Companions Back To City.
CAPTAIN FINDLAY FORCED TO DESCEND NEAR CONWAY RIVER.
* r 'HE Tasman flyers returned lo Christchurch from Blenheim yesterday afternoon, after a rough passage of two hours and thirty-five minutes. Captain .1. L. Findlay, who had with him Mr H. A. Litchfield, the navigator of the Southern Cross, as a passenger, was forced to make a landing at the mouth of the Conway River, owing to a minor engine defect. He made a first-class landing, neither occupants nor machine suffering injury.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18576, 26 September 1928, Page 12
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