Commander Byrd, the North Polar flyer, who took off early this morning on a flight from New York to Paris, was reported from Halifax at 11.10 a.m. There was ...
Article : 234 wordsIn the absence of an authoritative announcement of any agreement, the foreign journalists, notably Americans, are indulging in the wildest guessing. The latest ...
Article : 312 wordsIt is understood that a provisional agreement has been reached regarding the future construction of destroyers and similar craft, whereby vessels of the first ...
Article : 52 wordsSuspicions are disappearing, and the situation is progressively better at the moment. It is best described by the story, "We know the dog won't bite us; you know it ...
Article : 515 wordsSix aeroplanes chartered by pressmen and photographers, left Le Bourget immediately the Ver-sur-Mer message was received. An unofficial report from ...
Article : 61 wordsLieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger, the heroes of the San Francisco to Honolulu flight, were faced with a social programme today more wearying than the ...
Article : 214 wordsCommander Byrd's adventures were due to his failure to locate the aerodrome at Le Bourget in the dark and the heavy rain. It transpires that the centre engine ...
Article : 392 wordsLe Bourget has not known such an historic day since the war. It welcomed Lieutenant Chamberlain and Mr. Levine at 4 o'clock, and an hour later witnessed the ...
Article : 338 wordsThe President (Mr. Coolidge) stated today that such progress has been made in trans-oceanic flights that he believes the time has come for international ...
Article : 112 wordsThe Australian Press Association is able from an authoritative source to reveal for the first time the whole range of naval limitations proposed by Great Britain. The ...
Article : 215 wordsThe Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" says a flight round the world at the equator is now in contemplation, and may have the serious ...
Article : 99 wordsIn pouring rain a huge crowd welcomed Commander Byrd and his companions who, on Mr. Wanamaker's instructions were attended by a surgeon and messaged until ...
Article : 67 wordsMr. Milne Kent, chairman of the Citizens' Committee, which is raising 50,000 dollars for another proposed San Francisco to Honolulu flight, was on Friday ...
Article : 51 wordsThe First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. W. C. Bridgeman) has issued the following statement to the newspapers:—"I am surprised at the insistence of the ...
Article : 167 wordsCommander Byrd has descended on the sea at Ver-sur-mer. All occupants and the plane are safe. This message has been confirmed by a ...
Article : 187 wordsThe Naval Experts continued their discussion on the characteristics of submarines, and reached a provisional agreement on some points of the American proposal. ...
Article : 295 wordsCommander Byrd says the high winds which are expected to be encountered will necessitate a special-engined machine for his forthcoming south polar flight. He ...
Article : 64 wordsThe world's smallest passenger monoplane built at Stuttgart, has arrived at Croydon. It cost £420, and averages 75 miles an hour, with a range of 900 ...
Article : 70 wordsIt transpires that the jolt of landing in the sea injured Commander Byrd's chess and fractured Mr. Acosta's collarbone. Both have been treated by a surgeon. ...
Article : 110 wordsTwo of the best known daily Cross-Chanael pilots, Lieutenant-Colonel Minehia and Captain Bernard, hope within the next fortnight to fly a Fokker monoplane ...
Article : 48 wordsThe prospects of a successful outcome of the Geneva negotiations have been greatly enhanced, officials of the State Department say, by the announcement ...
Article : 147 wordsA remarkable story is told of the end of the flight across the Atlantic by Commander Byrd and Lieutenant Neville. Ver-sur-Mer fishermen, heading for the ...
Article : 270 wordsThe first Royal Air Force pageant at Hendon proved a greater draw than did the Cup final, it being estimated that there were 100,000 persons present to watch ...
Article : 234 wordsLieutenants Maitland and Hagenberger, who left San Francisco yesterday on a trans-Pacific flight to Honolulu, landed in the Wheeler field here at 6.31 this ...
Article : 279 wordsMr. Glanfield and Air-Sergeant Sparkes today started on a world tour on two motor cycles. They will use their sidecars as beds. They expect to complete ...
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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 9 Jul 1927, Page 55
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