COBHAM’S FLIGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 7 August 1926, Page 3

COBHAM’S FLIGHT

[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association,] COBH AM’S FEAT. LONDON, August 5. Cobham’s achievement is bailed' with a chorus of satisfaction in the newspapers, which display telegrams, supplemented by editorials and special articles, maps and illustrations. Major Turner, in the “ Daily Telegraph,” says: “‘Cobham’s luck’ is a phrase heard in the aeronautical world, but it is not used in a disparaging sense, for those best qualified to judge acknowledge what ho has accomplished is the result of long experience and courage. It may now be frankly admitted that some of his best friends predicted the failure of his Australian flight, for lie had missed the rig-lit i time to start, which is not later than the third week in April. Cobhatn knew lie would encounter a monsoon. Perhaps the most important lesson of Cobham’s achievement is the powerlessness of the monsoon to prevent a flight even in what, after all, are the impei'L’> ", machines of to-day.” The “-Morning Post ” says: Cobhatn is a true pioneer of aerial transport. He will receive congratulations from the whole Empire on his superb flight. The “Daily Mail” says: Cobham’s feat, in any case, is remarkable, but when we consider the special difficulties and delays with which Cobham. has had to contend with, it stands out as tin achievement of unrivalled skill and endurance. H was one long contest against odds, yet lie triumphed completely. -Men like Cobham are blazing trails that one day will develop into a-’rial highways linking up the conipresent parts of the British Empire.