BRITAIN TO AMERICA.
THE WESTWARD FLIGHT. WILL FORESTALL COSTES. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. —Copyright (Received April 15, 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 14.The operations department of Roosevelt Field announces that private information which has been received from London indicates that SquadronLeader Kingsford Smith in the Southern Gross which will be re-conditioned will attempt to anticipate Captain Gostes’ announced intention to fly across the Atlantic from Paris before May 8. The Australian’s plans last year to fly from London to New York were abandoned, and the aviator came to the United States by steamer hut it is believed his desire to achieve the honour of completing the first westward flight from Europe to New York has induced Smith to revise the undertaking. He will fly from Croydon and arrangements are being made here for his arrival.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17996, 15 April 1930, Page 7
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136BRITAIN TO AMERICA. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17996, 15 April 1930, Page 7
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