AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1929, Page 4

AVIATION

MASK'S HOPE. , L tilled Ire so Association.—fj\ Electric apl>. —Copy i Iglit.; LONDON, May 4. Tlie New Zeaanci airman, ALase, wh -, when oil Ins flight to New Zeaiiiini, was stopped by nnsintps in rrame, is only suilei-ing from the dis- _ , eeiouration ji one eye, apart from x. •eiiicii ne is no worse for Ins mishap. ...e lias arrived in London. In explaining his era.sii, A Lise said .hat his lnaeiniie was going beautifully, dead on the* course. The petroi n one unik bceanis cwhausted when ■ie was over Kmmne, and be changed .ner t. iho .second tails, but evident.y the pipe bad become blocked, and the petrol bad not flowed. He landed suc- . e.isfidly on ;i small farm where be was bvspitabiy entertained by a farmer’s wife, and was incest refreshed by hot oifeu, after his 330 minutes of flying in the coldest air. He then filled ami osted both of the tanks. He took off and reached a height- of from 40 io 50 u-et. The petrol again suddenly stopoed. 'l’be machine hit a low tree, and somersaulted. i last* is grateful to the French Air Firce, which sent a truck, with a Sergeant and four men a distance of 80 in lies to assist him to dismantle and puck his machine. They had been most interested in' his flight to New Zealand, and hoped that it would be possible for him to continue. His machine, he says, could be rebuilt at a maximum cost of £SOO. Unfortunately his own capital has been exhausted. He says that he will bo unable to continue, unless some Australian or New Zealand sportsman interested in aviation wi 1 help. Afa sc has called on Sir Tames Parr, who expressed the hone that it would l.p possible for him to complete the first England to New. Zealand flight. Atom AND O-WEN. KAR \CHT, Afav 4. AToir and Owen have arrived at Karachi from Builder Abbas, in Persia. landing at 2 p.m., after. a nonstop flight of eight hundred miles. They passed through intense heat and dust. They are having their engine thoroughly cleaned, and they expect to leave on Monday morning to cross India.