AVIATION.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1928, Page 2

AVIATION.

Australian & N.Z. Gabio Association.) LONDON. March 19. The " Daily Express ” reveals that Miss Soplie Reis, -Miss Elsie Alac-kav’s most intimate friend has been missing siiio' tiie morfiin'c of the flight.- Sue called at Lord lirchcape’* Mayfair home m a taxi at eight irr the morning. collected luggage and cTro'W 6fi. blie has since disappeared. WILKINS FLIGHT. I .H R BANKS (Alaska), Alar. 19. Wilkin'!. Accompanied by Pilot Eilsen, hopped off fo’r Fort Barrow on Alonclay. Following prep'afnrofy flisebt-s they plan to hop off for Spitsbergen I .' WILKINS’ AH-TTC ADVENTURE-' NE WYORK, March 19. Radio reports from Seward (Alaska) state that Wilkins, tiie Artie oxploier, landed at Point Barrow from kailhanks on .Monday ailcriiooii. 4 HASHES DELIBERATELY, ißeceived this dav at 8.50 a.m.) LONDON’, March 20. The spectacle ol aii airmail delibeiaiefv crashing ivas witnessed at Sfaglaiic When Do ilaviland in a Moth aeroplane brought flic (ieriionstrat ion value ol tlu* automatic slot fu a climax. Stalling at two hundred feet, tiie machine, instead ol iio.se diving like a stone, remam level, arid struck the gfftuful lit a velocity ol 6 V miles an hour and was practically wrecked, Dc Haviland stepped out unhurt. The manoeuvre normally meant instant death.