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  2. The Week's Cables

    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 ...

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  3. THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    In the absence of an authoritative announcement of any agreement, the foreign journalists, notably Americans, are indulging in the wildest guessing. The latest ...

    Article : 312 words
  4. DESTROYERS.

    It 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 words
  5. FURTHER PROGRESS MADE.

    Suspicions 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 ...

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  6. AEROPLANE STILL IN THE SEA.

    Six aeroplanes chartered by pressmen and photographers, left Le Bourget immediately the Ver-sur-Mer message was received. An unofficial report from ...

    Article : 61 words
  7. THE AVIATORS FETED.

    Lieutenants 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 words
  8. STRANDED MEN HOSPITABLY RECEIVED.

    Commander 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 words
  9. FLYING THROUGH A FOG.

    Le 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 words
  10. TRANS-OCEANIC TRAVEL.

    The 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 words
  11. BRITISH PROPOSALS.

    The 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 words
  12. ROUND THE WORLD.

    The 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 words
  13. ARRIVAL IN PARIS.

    In 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 words
  14. SAN FRANCISCO TO AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. 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 words
  15. AMERICAN CANARD SQUASHED.

    The 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 words
  16. ATLANTIC CROSSED AGAIN.

    Commander 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 words
  17. SIZE OF SUBMARINES.

    The Naval Experts continued their discussion on the characteristics of submarines, and reached a provisional agreement on some points of the American proposal. ...

    Article : 295 words
  18. THE SOUTH POLAR FLIGHT.

    Commander 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 words
  19. BABY AEROPLANE.

    The 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 ...

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  20. INJURIES RECEIVED IN LANDING.

    It 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. ...

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  21. ANOTHER LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT.

    Two of the best known daily Cross-Chanael pilots, Lieutenant-Colonel Minehia and Captain Bernard, hope within the next fortnight to fly a Fokker monoplane ...

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  22. AMERICAN RUMORS SETTLED.

    The prospects of a successful outcome of the Geneva negotiations have been greatly enhanced, officials of the State Department say, by the announcement ...

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  23. A DIFFICULT LANDING.

    A 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 words
  24. FIGHT IN THE AIR.

    The 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 words
  25. HONOLULU REACHED.

    Lieutenants 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 words
  26. ROUND THE WORLD.

    Mr. 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 ...

    Article : 54 words
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