A V IATION
MOIR. RESUMES
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
’Receivec this day at 9.25. a.m.) LONDON, April 27.
Aloir, who had a mishap when flying to Australia, cabled for a new wing for his machine. mis arrived at Alersamatrush on Thursday, and its fitting was carried out immediately. The wing and a new under-carriage are now O.K. The experts are satisfied that the machine is air-worthv. A trial flight is being made to Aboukir on Sunday, and Aloir expects to be ready to resume his flight to Australia on the Ist of Alay.
AIR ENQUIRY. CANBERRA, April 29
The Prime .Minister announced the personnel of the Board which will investigate the forced landings, of the Southern Cross and Kookaburra and the accident to the R.A.A.F. machine, wrecked while searching for the Kookaburra.
The members are Captain Geoffrey Hughes (President of tin 1 New South Wales Aero Club). C. -McKay (President of the Victorian Aero Club), Bri-""dier-General Lachlan and Mr Wilson (solicitor, of Brisbane). The terms of reference are comprehensive, covering not only the actual forced landings, but questions of provisions and general arrangements. The Board will consider control of long distance flights in future, submitting recommendations for regulations to govern such attempts.
THE GROUND PARTY. (Received this dav at 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 29
News was received from Wave Hill that the ground party proceeding to the Kookaburra is still at the last waterhole.
The .Minister of Home Affairs has ordered a party to set out from Newcastle Waters with caskets to recover the bodies.
• £350 AEROPLANE. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 28
Colonel Henderson and Captain Pearson, war-time aviators, have built a tiny single, sea ter aeroplane, which was successfully tested at Brooklands. Henderson says flying cannot be popular till it is cheaper. The monoplane is saleable at £350 and can fly eightyfive miles an hour and do forty miles to the gallon. • Two people can take it to pieces and push it to any garage.
MOIR AND OWEN. LONDON, April 28.
Moir and Owen have arrived at Aboukir from Afersa, where they have been stranded for a month.
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