AVIATION.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1927, Page 3

AVIATION.

BY TEI.EGBArn PJtIISS ASSN., COl’Y' JUG Hr. FRENCH PRESS COM AI EXT. PARIS. .July 2. The ncwspa pcrs generally conclude fcliiit lmicli remains to be (lone before a landing f." long-dista nee planes is safe. J,c I’elit Journal urges a start at night, to avoid tlx- darkness difficulties, when the airmen are fatigued at tlie (>nd of the journey. LONDON, July U.

'ln a statement to the press at Yoesiirmer. Byrd said he was gratified to he,aide to save the notes and scientific (fhservat ions on the requirements of a regular air service between the (lid and New 'Worlds. These he believed, would he unique documents describing the air currents. altitudes and tempera tures, he said the engines were wonderful until the fuel ran out. The airmen were not fatigued, and they .stopped only because they were compelled. The reception of the wireless messages was hindered by the ntmoS]there. also by the over-zealous people setting up communication. He declared that the hardships of a I’olar flight were light, compared with the enxiety and mental attention reqtiireed when they were lost and helpless at the most critical stage ol the (light He believes that the protracted flight made the milage 4:100.

SOI Til POLK FLICI IT. (Received this day at 9..‘10 a.m.l LONDON, .Inly T The “ Sunday Times ” Paris correspondent says Ifyrd has definitely decided to make the Sooth Pole flight, probably in October, starting from an icefield about south of New Zealand. Noville and lialchin will accompany him.

COBHAAPS LATE AIKCIIA NIC. LONDON, duly 2. Attending speech day at the Commercial Travellers’ School. Sir Alan Cobliam unveiled a tablet to Elliott, who was an ex-scholar of the school Sir A. Cobliam said Klliott was ail idcai' aviator’s mechanic. PROPOSED PLY. LONDON. July 2. Two of the best known daily crossChannel pilots, Lieut.-Colonel Alinchia and (’apt. Barnard, hope in the next fortnight to* fly a Pokker monoplane with a British engine from London to Ottawa, rest eight hours and they fly hack to London.