AVIATION

Evening Star, Issue 21753, 22 June 1934, Page 9

AVIATION

GERMAN PASSENGER PLANE LONDON TO BERLIN Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. June 21. The ‘ Daily Mail’s ’ Berlin correspondent says that a Lufthansa machine; carrying seventeen passengers, did the journey from London to Berlin, 600 miles, in 197 min, a record for a passenger plane. THE CENTENARY RAGE SYDNEY, June 21.. Advice has been received that Sir Charles Kingsf'ord Smith will definitely bo a competitor in the Centenary Race, as the whole pf the money required to purchase the Lockhcad-Altair machine lias been received. The final instalment was obtained from the sale of the Codock monoplane, which is now employed be- . tween Sydney and Newcastle for cqmi mercial purposes. .Sir Charles’s machine will be shipped by the Mariposa on June 27, the waterfront strikers havirfg agreed to load it. STARTING PROBLEM. LONDON, June 8. The Melbourne Centenary Air Race Committee is at present tackling the problems of handicapping, route organisation, and accommodation for the air armada. Another difficulty is the method of starting. Probably Heston and Croydon aerodromes will both he used for checking and sealing the planes. A committeeman said to the special representative of tho ‘ Sun ’: “ People imagine that we can line up the planes and fire the pistol, but it is not so simple as that. All the machines will he heavily laden with petrol and will be unwieldy when taking off. A possible solution is their despatch at intervals of a minute, with crash equipment ready to remove any failing to start.”