Northwest history. Japan. Aviation.

Japanese flyer retreats Fierce storms beat plane back to Nemuro JAPANESE FLYER RETREATS Fierce Storms Beat Plane Rack to Nemuro. NEMURO, Japan, May 7. OP)— Fierce storms beat back the light seaplane of Seiji Yoshihara "Lindbergh of Japan," to this port today after he had taken off for Muro...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1931
Subjects:
Japan
aviation
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
United States > Japan > 20th century
Bering Sea
Pacific
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/84300
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Summary:Japanese flyer retreats Fierce storms beat plane back to Nemuro JAPANESE FLYER RETREATS Fierce Storms Beat Plane Rack to Nemuro. NEMURO, Japan, May 7. OP)— Fierce storms beat back the light seaplane of Seiji Yoshihara "Lindbergh of Japan," to this port today after he had taken off for Murotan bay in the volcanic Kurile islands on the third hop of his flight of 6268 miles from Tokyo to San Francisco. The young Japanese, with an extremely hazardous air journey before him across the Bering sea and North Pacific ocean, has been held here since Tuesday.

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