THE POLAR FLIGHT.
WILKINS’ STORY. {Australian Press Association.) (Received April 23, 2.55 p.m.) SVALBARD, April 20. Captain Wilkins says good weather and good luck enabled them to make the trip in comfort and safety. They traversed 2200 miles over an area never before seen by man. It took them two days to get into the air. The machine weighed 33001 b, and they ascended on April 15. For the first 500 miles the air was clear, then clouds were experienced, which they "overcame at an altitude of 3000 ft. They saw no sign of an island but frequent leads of open water.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17385, 23 April 1928, Page 6
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