AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 1 July 1929, Page 5

AVIATION

. ANDERSON’S BODY. .V , ARRIVAL AT SYDNEY. ; (Australian Presa Association) - ' - ’/; SYDNEY, June -30. • > Keith Anderson’s body reached Sydney to-day by train. A large number -of his former comrades were present. ; , The coffin 1 will* be'taken-to Mosman Presbyterian Church next week, where . . ,_J.he body will lie in state until Satwhen it will be buried. - Aspecial ( allotment' has been provided V ‘ by the local Council overlooking Sydv ney Heads.' ■, * - v»' BRITISH PLANE DISASTER. U t PILOT’S ACTION UPHELD. . LONDON, June 29. ' . /. At', ; the air liner disaster inquiry, General Branckner; director of Civil Aviation, in giving evidence, expressed tho opinion that the pilot was right; in nursing the engines. He' v , ' might have run his good engines to the limit with a view to reaching land, but a failure would have im- .; x periled everybody. ,A. pilot should not ho fettered 'bv instructions. He was the captain of his ship. . Mr Colefax asked: “Do you regard § this two-engined typo as antiquated compared with .tho more recent three .engined planes?!? ; General 1 Branckner: “Every aero-. ,plane y which is a year old is an obselescent.” He added, howovcr, that they wore perfectly reliable y .. ■;/ . ■> SEAPLANE CRASH. ' . ; THREE LIVES LOST. •. ' ' . > BERLIN, June 30. A seaplane carrying five passengers ' / : and two pilots was alighting at Lake '{ Constance when an explosion was heard : / ■ and the . machine, was seen to capsize and sink within a ifew minutes. Eyewitnesses state the plane struck the water at a high speed, rebounded, sagged and-codapsed. Motor-boats rescued two men whose wives were among the remainder of the- occupants who were drowned. MISSING PLANE.' . ' ■F ( OUND SAFE IN ATLANTIC. - LONDON, June 29. • The Central News Agency’s Gibral- ■£[.. tar- correspondent reports that the T British aircraft carrier, “Eagle” has 'V V ' found the missing Spanish aeroplane near tho Azores. All the plane’s crew are safe. ; $■ V;' An Admiralty repjprt also states that the ( Eagle picked*, up the aeroplane at 36.28 degi*ee.s north latitude and 26.4 west longitude. Tho plane ' was hoisted aboard. It was but little • damaged. • . ' .SPAIN REJOICING. ' AT SAVING OF AVIATORS. (Received this day at '9.25 a.m.) . MADRID, June 30. Public rejoicing at the safety of the avnitor's was renewed on Sunday, the whole population turning out for a demonstration and visiting . the British, French, Portuguese and Italian, Legat tions in turn.’, ’ , Jimeniz Iglesias” who recently flew A to South America, headed the proces- “ sion. > ~,' . X ... There was special enthusiasm at the British Embassy owing to the fact that the Eagle persevered with the search ~ in a gale of wind, when all hope had ’been given up, even by Spain itself. It is expected the Eagle, with the rescued aviators, will arrive at Gibral- , . ! tar to assist in the welcome. * - ! Many prominent Spaniards have asked De Rivera to arrange a national welcome for the officers and crew of the * Eagle, including an invitation to visit the exhibition at Seville and Barcelona.