EMPIRE AIR LEAGUE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 220, 11 June 1920, Page 7

EMPIRE AIR LEAGUE

* • . INAUGURATION MEETING . i( . ~ 7 BRITAIN'S PRESENT POSITION SERIOUS By TelegraDh-Preaa Association-Copyright London, June 9. / Tho Lord Mayor presided at a meeting for the inauguration of the Aif League of the British Empire. General Keoly declared that in 1918, Britain was incomparably the best equipped in the ■ air oi' all the nations; but today the n'.tion was serious. He said' Britain practically gone out of the business, and suggested that the national defences were . suffering from sloppy control and lack of co-ordination.—Aub.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FLIGHTMSTRALIA PARER AND MACINTOSH AT PENANG Simla, Juno 3. ■Parsr and Macintosh ere uncerram when they will resume their flight to Australia. They aTe waiting at I'ennng for sparo parts. They will proceed to Singapore on Saturday for aerial survey work—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. niNCKLER'S JFUGHT TO TURIN CLIMBING THE ALPS. (Bee. June 10, 8.5 p.m.) I London, June 9. Hinokler used twenty gallons of petrol during the flight from London to Turin. His engine is the most distinguished in the history of any aero engine, according to Mr. Charles Grey, an aviation authority. It was used by Captain Hammersly in tho Aerial Derby liaco in 1919, and by many early aviators. Replying to a suggestion that the climbing of the Alps was a tough proposition for such n small craft, Hinckler said that when ho reached thero lie would have only a ,couple of gallons of petrol, and tho machine's clfmbin? would be bettor than anything the. old Alps could put against her. Hinokler did not receive any financial assistance. Mr.' Grey adds that Australia should be proud'of this wonderful-pilot. Describ- i ing the passago of the Alps in a letter to hi 9 wife, Hinckler fays: "As I gain- . ed altitude I.could see nasty black peaks i poking through. It wag a heavy task for the poor engine though. When up 10,000 feet I had to lift her over one or two of +lio highest peaks."—Aus.- ■ N.Z. Cable Assn.