AVIATION.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1927, Page 3

AVIATION.

(Australian Press Association & Sun. A DRAMATIC RESCUE. LONDON, Oct. 13. The dramatic nature of Miss Ruth Elder’s unexpected rescue is enhanced by the fact that the plane took fire almost at tho instant at which the occupants boarded the ship, and the machine burned furiously to the water’s edge. The plane was on almost exactly the correct course at the time of the mishap. Experts are of the opinion that, having covered more than half the journey and having reached (he good weather area, it most likely would have reached Paris, because the monoplane was almost the exact counterpart of Captain Lindbergh’s plane.

FRENCH: PEOPLE EXCITED. - ' LONDON, Oct. 13. Lo Bourget, in France, lias Iwen a Scene of constant excitement, the “American Girl’s’’ flight being on everyone’s lips. At mid-day fifty thousand people were waiting, hut as the nfternoon wore on, with the monotonous repetition from the coastal outlooks of the advice “No sign,” the crowd dwindled. Aviators of all nationalities, including Germans; also journalists, photographers and also the members of the Welcome Committee, discussed the chances, and none held out any hope. FRENCH AIRMAN’S FLIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 14. Kingsford Smith has been granted a temporary license by the Department of Commerce, giving his plane the necessary sanction to traverse the Side lines within the national limit*. The flyflrs immediately annpnncrl the plane would ho given” exhaustive full-load tests. They plan to check the engine and the plane over Southern California. The schedule of tin test flights has not yet been an non led

AIRMAN 'STARTS. NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Giles hopped off from lowa to-day for the Pacific Coast, after a. week’s delay caused by a broken oil pump. Tie expected to reach Sail Francisco within twenty-four hours. Smith, at San Francisco, announces his plans have been changed and lie will not leave for Honolulu until November 3rd, because lie wants the maximum moonlight. The plane may ho taken to Los Angeles for the installation of navigation instruments.