RELIABILITY
AN EXHAUSTIVE TEST. BRITISH MILITARY ’PLANES’ FLIGHT. (A. & N.Z.) LONDON, June 1. Thirty-two Air Force bombers fully armed and manned, will commence on Tuesday a 48 hours continuous reliability flight around Britain. A FATAL PLUNGE MILLIONAIRE KILLED. ’PLANE BREAKS IN TWO. (A. and N.Z.) NEW YORK, June 12. Dalzell McKee, a Pittsburg multimillionaire, was drowned in an aeroplane which dropped into a lake in the Laurention Mountains. Deecased was a remarkable person in business and aviation. He had devoted the last five years to developing trans-continental and other flights, carefully hiding his identity in these undertakings. He was testing a ’plane for a flight from Montreal to Alaska when the machine broke in twain during a over the lake. THE MARQUIS DE PINEDO ARRIVAL AT LISBON. ITALIAN AIRMAN’S PROGRESS. (A. & N.Z.) LISBON, June 12. Marquis de Pinedo has arrived from the Azores in continuation of his flight from Newfoundland to Rome, which was interrupted by his having to come down in the Atlantic.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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164RELIABILITY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19866, 14 June 1927, Page 7
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