The Archive · 1930

All Ready for the Pacific Flight

Tevehiurs, Aug. 25.

Captain Bromley, tke American Ayer who is planning to fly across the Pacific, has completed all preparations for the fight and is merely ing for favourable weather. He I make a trial flight to-day at the Naval aerodrome here and if this is successful he will take to the air to-morrow, weather permitting, t is announced.

On' the occasion of the flight, three Japanese naval planes will escort the City of Tacoma, on which Captain Bromley will fly, as far} north as Kingasen Promontory. Miyagi Prefecture. The only fear entertained about the proposed flight is the movement of a typhoon which is said to have made ite appearance near the Bonin Isiands.—Rengo,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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