AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1930, Page 5

AVIATION

ROUND EUROPE FLIGHT. . (Official Wireless.) i (Received this day at 11 a.ra.) ! . RUGBY, July 27. 'A ■ mishap b-efel Alan Butler on landing at Posen yesterday in the (circuit of Europe air race, and although he was uninjured the propeller was damaged and he was unable to. leae for Warsaw until it was repaired. He was first to reach Posen, but owing to delay the German pilot, Boss,took the lead at the next station, Warsaw. ' Four British pilots were among the ten competitors who left Warsaw for KonigSberg before noon to-day. ; ■ ROUND EUROPE RACE WON BY BROAD. J'''... j 1 LONDON, July 27. , j Broad completed the circuit of Europe ,arriving at Templehoe Aerodrome at Berlin-'three minutes before Butler, who was automatically disqualified because he had fitted a new propellor. . iThorn shortly followed. ;The next were Andrews (England), l\{orzig- Poss P.asewnldt (Germany), Fjnat (France), Arch Duke HapsburgBourbon (Spain). All arrived five days before the closing date. L A PLANE LANDS. ! • OTAICI, July 28. | ;A, Chocolate plane, which left New Plymouth this morning, made a forced landing near Otaki during rough weather owing to lack of petrol. The landing was a perfect one. ■ I SEARCH FOR HOOK. * HOPE NOT ABANDONED. '* \2 ' ,’ v DELHI, July 27. ,Hope is not abandoned of discovering Hook. Heavy rain and widespread floods are big obstacles to the search party, who think Hook was taken to a .remote village in the foothills where the villagers are puzzled to discover his identity. ___.