"Plane Being Repaired After Crash at Hongkong A passenger who arrived at Luny aerodrome on November 29] fon board a Douglas "Dolphin" fying boat from Hongkong stated that he had a conversation in the morning with 'Capt. Herbert Cukurs, of the Latvian Air Force, who is on a six months' "pleasure" and adventure ight over Europe and Asia. Capt. Cukurs is Still held up, owing to) damage to his aeroplane, a single-seater machine of his own construction, which crashed a week ayo at Kai' Tak aerodrome while he was taking off. It is understood the repair work will take several days Tonger. "The under-carriage of the machine was badly damaged.
Capt. Cukurs proposes to fy from Hongiong to Shanghai, and. after a short stay, to proceed to Peiping, and Maken, and Tokyo, returning by the same route to Hanoi before the bad weather sets in. His plane is Atted with a Gipsy engine.
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