FRANCE-AMEBICA.
FLIGHT BY COSTES. DEPARTURE FROM LE BOURGET. FOLLOWING STEAMER ROUTE. (jtrlted Press Assn..—Elec. Tel. cocrrlePt(Received Sept. 2, 10.20 a.m.) * PARIS, Sept. 1. Costes, wbo is making a trans-At-lantio flight, in the aeroplane “Question Mark,” laden with 1155 gallons of petrol, just cleared the trees at Le Bourget.
It is hoped to complete the journey in forty or fifty hours, via Ireland, then following the steamer route. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. It is announced that the Berengaria communicated with Coste.s at 11.45 a.m. (local time). The aeroplane .was off the Irish coast, flying fast and reported “all 0.K.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18113, 2 September 1930, Page 7
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