AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1928, Page 2

AVIATION

Australian Press Assn.—United Service

PLANS WITH DIRIGIBLE.

NEW YORK, July 22,

A telegram from Boston reports that Campbell, the Australian flier, is planning a trans-Atlantic flight in a 715 foot dirigible,' which is now under secret construction at Highbury, in England. He lias arrived by the Cedric, and he hopes to find here a welthy American woman willing to accompany him on the flight. Campbell stated that he came to tho United States secretly .in an attempt to speed up the arrangements in order to steal a march on the Zeppelin Corporation, which is contemplating a trans-Atlantic flight within three weeks, Campbell has also confirmed a rumour that the dirigible, after the New York flight, will return to England and thence will undertake a twelve-day flight to Australia, this flight being sponsored by an Australian syndicate interested in the commercialisation of ine route for dirigibles exclusively’. Campbell is returning to England on July 26th. He hopes to establish a connection with United States firms for the distribution of pictures to be taken in conjunction with all of his flights..

AVIATION, f LONDON, July 23. Lieut. Paris has wirelessed that he is keeping up a steady 150 miles an hour, and he expects to reach the Azores Islands at eight o’clock in the morning. LONDON, July 23. Lieutenant Paris has arrived at the Azores.

ROUND THE WORLD. NEW YORK, July 22. Captain B. D. CoUycr and John Mears and their mascot dog Tailwind, arrived at the Battery on Sunday evening after completing a round the world trip by aeroplane and steamer in the record time of twenty-three days fourteen hours fifty-two minutes and twenty-seven seconds, thus beating the previous record by live days. They used a folding wing seaplane for their land jumps. AMUNDSEN’S FATE. SEARCHERS RECALLED. STOCKHOLM, July 22. It now appears certain that Amundsen has been lost in a vain attempt to rescue Nobile’s crew. Sweden has completely withdrawn from the Spitsbergen rescue work. Tho Swedish Admiralty’ has telegraphed to Tornburg to-day, instructing him to carry out its previous instructions concerning his recall. Likewise the Norwegian cruiser engaged has abandoned the search, and is returning to northern Norway. That vessel’s commander states that the waters between Tromso (Norway) and Bear Island, as well as the east coast of Spitsbergen, have been minutely searched, and there is not tho least sign of any aeroplane or crew.

It is believed that any further search would be useless. The opinion is gain-ing-that the seaplane was forced to descend in the sea, owing to fog or engine trouble, and that it there met its fate.

Arctic skippers who were thereabouts on the day that the flight began declare that the sea was of the roughest. It is considered to be certain that the seaplane nose-dived, was swamped and sank with all aboard.