COBHAM’S FLIGHT

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1926, Page 2

COBHAM’S FLIGHT

COBHAM AT SYDNEY

A GREAT WELCOME. [Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] SYDNEY, Aug. 11J ' Captain Alan Cohham arrived here to-day. He landed at the Mascot aerodrome. His arrival was delayed by the airman,landing at Narrowmine for luncheon.l Great crowds of people went to Mascot and waited for hours. When the (airman finally hove in sight, escorted by ten aeroplanes, which met him at Richinond, tuniultuous cheering commenced, and it lasted until he made a perfect landing. Unlike Ross Smith, he did not fljt over the city. This disappointed lajf crowds who woro on the tops of tV* buildings waiting to greet him. Captain Cohham had an uneventful flight from Clvirleville, marked by good weather all the way. When ho landed a strong force, of police was powerless to cope with the excited crowds, wfiicli rushed the aeroplane and took possession of the machine, amid frenzied excitement. Captain Cohham, guarded by police, - managed to. struggle to tho hangai. where he was officially welcomedthe representatives of the New South Wales Government. THE RETURN. SYDNEY, Aug. 11. Responding to tho welcome extended by the New South Wales Government at the offieiall reception at Mascot, Captain Cobhani said that now the first part of the journey was done, ho considered it was not as hard as lie had been led to believe, and he was quite certain he would accomplish the return to England. He stressed, that they must have a chain of air lines between London and Australian within a few years. ... The crowd was so enthusiastic in welcome that tho police had the est difficulty in preventing Cohham from being severely jostled. Ward, tho mechanic, was so unkempt on his arrival at the official reception at the Mascot Town Hall that the police refused to admit him until he had been identified. .J