A cable this morning states that a portion of an aeroplane wing was found on the rocks near Cape Banks lighthouse, about half-way between Melbourne and Adelaide. Speculation is rife as to whether it formed part of the machine Ao-tea-Roa, in which Hood and Moncrieff attempted to fly the Tasman in January, 1928.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19291023.2.99.1
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Issue 18897, 23 October 1929, Page 11
Word Count
53A cable this morning states that a portion of an aeroplane wing was found on the rocks near Cape Banks lighthouse, about half-way between Melbourne and Adelaide. Speculation is rife as to whether it formed part of the machine Ao-tea-Roa, in which Hood and Moncrieff attempted to fly the Tasman in January, 1928. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18897, 23 October 1929, Page 11
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in