PACIFIC FLIGHT.
MR ULIVI’S PLANS
LEAVE OAKLAND TO-DAY.
HONOLULU FIRST OBJECTIVE
Unlied Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Cnovright
VANCOUVER, Dec. 2
Mr C. T. P. Ulm plans to fake off from Oakland, California, for Honolulu, on the first stage of iiis pacific Right to Australia, at 3 p.m. to-day (about 11 a.m., Monday, New Zealand Lime). Mr Ulm will he accompanied by Mr ■G. Littlejohn as co-pilot and Mr J. L. Skilling as navigator.
•Mr Ulm took the aeroplane up for a 30-minute test flight', loaded with GOO gallons of petrol, on Friday. He barely missed a crash when he skimmed the fence of the held with about six inches to spare. His calculations were affected by a sudden change in the wind. After the flight, he said the aeroplane wa-s in excellent condition. “We . can make the hop with no trouble at all," lie said.
As the aeroplane was being given a 'final check, it was discovered that two instruments were out of commission, the rate of climb and the artificial horizon indicators. They are being repaired.
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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 7
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