Geraldton Guardian (WA : 1948 - 1950), Thursday 5 August 1948, page 5


An Atlantic Venture

Australian in a Jeep THIRD ATTEMPT FAILS New York, August 5.

Major Ben Carlin, of Perth, returned with his American wife in their am-phibious jeep last night from their third attempt to sail to the Azores. They plan to leave again to-morrow. They had left New York on Satur-day, but were forced back by mechani- cal trouble.