IN THE AIR

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1919, Page 1

IN THE AIR

, , —: i AUSTRALIAN & N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION J [ TH E AIR FLIGHT. . (Received This Hay at 8 a.m.) DELHI, November 20. Captain Loss-Smith lias arrived at 2 Basra. r ROSS SMITH’S FLY. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) PARIS, Nov .20. Severe weathOr has hitherto greatly hampered Ross-Smitli. There was a 1 torrential down-pour when he landed at Pisa, which reduced the surface of tl(e aerodrome tb a quagmire, on which the aeroplane lay in two inches of water. The machine was completely bogged and when Ross-Smith attempted to depart and the engine started it refused to budge, and sank deeper and deeper into the mire. Ultimately Italian mechanics dug it out. The departure was necessarily postponed. ANOTHER COMPETITOR. (Received this day at 8 a.m.l LONDON, Nov. 20. 'Lieut. Parker is negotiating with Beardmore Aeroplane Company with a view to competing in the Australian ! flight. | THE AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. f LONDON, November 21. ! Tile aeroplane “Kangaroo” left Hounslow at 10.37 a.m. to-day in clear Weater. Sh e . has arrived at Romilly, 62 miles east of Paris. She encountered heavy snow at Amiens. ! The aviator Matthews has resumed his flight to Australia. He has reached Jagsburg one hundred miles southwest of Mayence. • i