TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR RACE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 192, 9 May 1919, Page 9

TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR RACE

WEATHER CONDITIONS SATISFACTORY

PLANS FOR GUIDANCE

Uy Teloeraph-Frees A6sociation--Copyriiiht -'. ! ■••'•■■■ • London, May 3." Tlie fogs and rainstorms oil Newfoundland have subsided, and drying westerly winds, accompanied by a rising barometer, promise an early start for tho trans-Atlantic flight. United States naval seaplanes will shortly attempt tho flight;-.--. They will have-tho guidance of sixty which will show searchlightsreverylifty miles.—Aus;-N.Z. Cable As,sii'.-, , ■■■ ■• '■.-. ■ ;:jvA PICKLES EXPLOIT. ' ]■•'■■'t'. .'■■■' '.. ■ London, May .4. PlcMeiv'tlie Australian nirniiiii,. piloting &'. seaplane, flew from the Thames at Woatnfiiwtor, carrying a message from Mr. Andrew .Fisher, High Omnmissioner for Australia, to 'the Mayor of Margate. He i.landed' on the bench (hero, and brought a message ■ back to the Thames within, fiye hours.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. [Margate,' a popular wateringrplaoe on. the Isle of Thnnet, Kent, is 7-4 miles, from, Londflh.l .... . .: . ON FIRE AT- GREAT HEIGHT. ■ . ' London, May 3.. While Flight-Commander Peter Legs was testing «.li nevoplane at: Finchley, it caught' fire '.it n j,Teat height. Commander," Legs jumped out and was killed;' The machine- fell on a. houw, which was set oii fire.—Aus.-N.Z. Gable Asan."-'. .'■■'.■■ ■•■-.. ACCIDENT. TO: GENERAL SYIiES. "';■ i. : :, , '• London, May 3. General 1 Sykes, Controller-General of Civil.viviation, was summoned tirftently to Paris in connection with the Pence deliberations. The (loroplane crashed at. Kenley.owing to a sideslip while ascending. vlTliu pilot :wns. killed and General Syke* iwns 'badly shaken. lie has re- ■ turned. ,lo : London. — Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Aen.'-■-.■■"■•■■• '' ■'■ ■ ■ -•■■■■ '