AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1928, Page 6

AVIATION

GRIEG’S AIR SPEED. «. I nitod Press Association— Ev Electric Telegraph—Copy right). LONDON. November 1. Grieg was altogel her twenty-eight minutes in the air. Time-keepers announced the limes for the tour selected i nils gave speeds oil’ .‘>22.fid miles per hour, dl'i.dl, din.dti, and dlh.dd, giving a menu time of .‘H!Lo7 hourly. The “ Morning Post’s’’ expert •says : " 'llms the Italian retains (lie record. It seems unlikely that the present Hritisli maciiine can beat ir. The Air Ministry may permit Grieg to attempt with a different; air screw fitted.” The "Daily Telegraph” understands the Air Ministry will not permit another at tempt until the sea pianos being designed for the Schneider Coj l!)2!) are completed. THE INDIA AIK ROUTE. LONDON, November o. The " Daily Telegraph ” slates negotiations are concluded for a regular air service to India. An agreement' lias been reached with Persia and preparations are being made to extend Lite present Oniro-liasra service to Karaelr in January and to Delhi in April. The route from Loudon will he by ail to Rash*, then night train to Genoa, then flying boat via Naples. Rome, "rindisi. Tarantu. Oarlii. Sudan to Alexandria thence to Cairo. Rasra. Iliishiri Lings. Runderabbas. Charhar. I’asni to Karachi. MOUNT ETNA. LAVA STREAM SIX MITES LONG ROME. November I. Mt. Etna's lava stream is now six miles long. The whole two thousand inhabitants have evacuated Saint Allco. SPIRIT OK AUSTRALIA. CROSSES TIMOR SEA. SYDNEY. Nov. o. A message received to-day from Caplain Hurley, reported that his plane, the Spirit of Australia, had crossed the Timor Sea safely in a little over five hours. Passing over Timor, the plane attracted many natives from their villages to watch the unusual visitor. HOLIDAY for MoWILLTAMS. ■WELLINGTON, Nov. d. The wireless operator ol the Southern Gross. Mr T. 11. MeWilliams. returned to Wellington bv the Makura front Sydney to-day. Air AlcWilliams has. obtained an extension ol leave from his employers, the Union ,Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and after three weeks’ stay in the Dominion, he will return to Aust rain. where lie will rejoin Spuadron Leader Kingston! Smith and I* light Lieut. Him. “f have no definite plans for the future,” remarked Air AIcAA illiams, "and neither have Kings ford Smith and Ulin. The navigator, Litchfield, iv in the same box, and is just standing by. Ry the time that I return, however, there may be something definite in view for further flights.” Flo said the Southern Cross was at present being overhauled by “Doe ’ Alaidment. Asked bow he found the journev by tlie ATakura after a. one night trip from Sydney to New Zealand on the epoch-making flight of the Southern Cross. Air McWilliams said that the steamer voyage seemed somewhat monotonous. “When we were '24 hours out.” lie said. ‘T imagined that we should he over Now Zealand. The steamer trip seemed very slow.”

NOTED DISTANCE FLIER KILLED.

NEW YORK, Nov. 4

A message from Prescott. Arizona, says that when the monoplane “Yankee Doodle.” flying from Los Angeles to New York, was attempting a west to east trans-continental record, she crashed in the Crook Canyon, on Saturday night. Captain Charles Collyer, the pilot, and Harry Tucker, owner of the plane, were killed. Ten clays ago Captain Collyer created an east to west record, doing the journey in 24 hours 51 minutes. He also was the holder of the round-the-world trip record in 23 days 15 hours 21 minutes, which he completed on July 22nd. last.