AVIATION.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20179, 6 March 1931, Page 11

AVIATION.

FLYING TO NEW ZEAJ.AN*) SOLO FLIGHT TO START ON SATURDAY. (UNITED PRESS ASSQCUfIOIf Br (SJhECTBIC TBLEGBAPff- 'CPPVUICIIJT.) LONDON, March 4. Mr Aidivtf Molfat will set out in a Bristol aeroplane on Saturday for New Zealand, via Australia, following th«. usual route. He served during the war-time in the Australian Light Horse, and was afterwards given a commission in t||Q Royal Air I'orci-. He has since been privately flying in Australia and New Zealand.

VOYAGE IN THE ARCTICPLANS FOR GRAF ZEPPELIN. :j' ■ , NEW YORK, Marph 4. The Graf Zeppelin will day Polar exploration ' expedition in July, if Dr. Hugo Eckencr succeeds in his plans te fnwnoe iho project. Ho stated on arrival to-day by the Europa, with his daughter, Lotto, t|iat |lfl f-nnfifl.uit. il>« trip (would ni)t Ipclj backing. It was planned to fly via' Leningrad over Franz Josef Land and St. Nicholas Lwd. Eight pr nine scientists would be abpiiFd- ' "Tliere is a possibility tbt we WY discover iiwpy bvrqM jslftrnje, * bo said. "We also want to obserre tpe Teoction of the airship to Arctic weather. Tlie trip will require no preparation other than arrangements for heating the cabin." . ■ *. ■. , Dr. Eckener said the plans for tbp new giant ship being built in laermany had been alterod, parsing a vear .s delay. me that it' wna advisable to use nothing but; beMw m* itf futuro .- e» d the change frpm byo»fig ei » s n V n * ™ new ship necessitates it being about JO pep cent, larger-"