R34'S LONG FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 247, 12 July 1919, Page 7

R34'S LONG FLIGHT

——♦ ■ THE AIR MINISTRY'S PURPOSE. (Hec. July 11, 11.10 p.m.) New York, July 7.' The New York "Times" correspondent at Mineola reports thai; General Mailland, speaking at a. luncheon tendered by linite'd States' naval officers to the officers of J!;U, said:—"We started to cross: Iho Atlantic, but hardly saw if. We hugged the : clouds nil Ihe way across. Iwas Kiirnrised at the-dirigible's lack ofmotion in the air. Tho Air Ministry had a definite purpose in sending H34 to flv from east to west and back. It was to demonstrate what airship will he best titled for a commercial service all around the world. RU w not big enough for such :i service." Commander Scott said that Admiral Beatty had been quoted as saying that Iho airship of the future would take the place of the cruiser. RSI had the wind against" it''nearly all the .way. It sooke well for the future that they could cross against such odds. Commander Scott eulogised the arrangements for landing at M'ineola as wonderful.—Aus.N.Z.: Cable- Assn. THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY. Boston, July 10. R3-1 is olf the. south coast of v Massa-chusetts—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Sea. July 11, 5.5 p.m.) New York, July 10. R. 14 is 650 miles en route to London — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.