BY AIR TO THE POLE.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19161, 18 November 1927, Page 11

BY AIR TO THE POLE.

BYRD'S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z AND SUN CABLE.) NEW YORK, November 16. Commander Byrd has announced that he is proceeding to New Zealand in September next, and is going to the Great Ice Barrier with a party of fifty aboard an oil-burning ship. He will establish a little cify on the ice and maintain connexion with the world by radio. He expects to use three aeroplanes on the flight to the Pole. He explains that the trip is purely scientific. The American flag has never before been connected with any major Antarctic exploration. PACIFIC FLIGHT. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. AND SUN CABLS.) SAN FRANCISCO, November 16. Weather permitting, Captain F. Giles will hop off to-morrow morning. All details have been completed. MONEY IN FLYING. MISS ELDER'S ENGAGEMENTS. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLX ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 17th, 7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 16. Miss Ruth Elder has signed a vaudeville contract, and will, appear for 100 days at 1000 dollars a day. She is also considering an offer for a series of eight lectures at 1200 dollars each, dealing with her flight across the Atlantic to Azores. [Miss Ruth Elder and Captain Holdeman, in the aeroplane American Girl, attempted an Atlantic flight, and were forced down near the Azores. They were picked up by a passing steamer and taken to Lisborn.] ENDURANCE FLYING. SMITH TO ATTEMPT RECORD. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) SAN FRANCISCO, November 16. Captain Kingsford Smith, the Australian airman, is planning a week-end attempt to establish an endurance flight record by remaining aloft over 55 hours.

I£ he siicceeds lie will lower the mark of the Germans, who surpassed the record of Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta in a Levine aeroplane. Lieutenant Pond will be co-pilot with Captain Smith. The machine carries 1435 gallons of gasoline, and is believed capable of staying aloft for 60 hours.