TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 170, 12 April 1919, Page 7

TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT

TREMENDOUS INTEREST EXCITED. London, April 8. The forthcoming trans-Atlantic flight is exciting tremendous interest on both sides of the Atlantic. .The Air Ministry has placed-its entire resources for supplying information at tho disposal of the firms and pilots. The Aero Club has received six entries—Aus.-N.i. Cnblo Assn. HAWKER'S PROPOSED TIME-TABLE. (Rec. April 13, 1.10 a.m.) j St. John's April 1. Hawker propose.*? lo leave bt. John s fit four o'clock in the afternoon, and hopes to arrive at Urooklands at four 'clock tho next nifternaou, a total flying time of nineteen hours. . A boat-shaped fuselage will support the aeroplane if an ocean descent is forced. Food will bo carried sufficient for forty-eight hours. On a former flight of nine hours in tho same aeroplane 14G gallons of gnsolcno were consumed—just one-third of the tank capacity.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. CONDON-PARIS LETTER SERVICE. Londqn, April 1 (delayed). The aviation companies are establishing a daily letter service between London and Paris! charging hnlf-a-crown fee per letter, and guaranteeing delivery in four hours.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TARIS TO LONDON IN EIGHTY , MINUTES. London, April S. <V British aeroplane travelled from Paris to London in eighty minutes, establishing a new record.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. i ;