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AVIATION

OFF TO AUSTRALIA

TWO AIRMEN START.

(United'Press Association.—By Electno .Telegraph.—Copyright.]

: " ;' LONDON, October 5. Two flights Australiaward began from Iwmpne to-day, O: J. Cliobst and C. M. Pickthorne left at daybreak on a clay and night dash in a. Puss moth. They . were cjose followed bv C. W. Hill, already cabled. Both hope t.o heat tlie record'.

; Chobst saiil “The'flight is organised not for personal gairi but to raise an' Empire air fund administered by s°me•’body who has . financed the flight, to 1 restore the' prestige of Empire. If we J achieve a spectacular flight to Australia, in half the record time the proceeds of press and films go to inaugurate the fund. By night flying we hope drastically to reduce the time. We shall sleep only during refuelling, . Hill, ,is making,,the flight,during, leave in order to see bis parents in. Queensland.. He will do some night flying. t ‘ ;. _ • . ~j . Kingsford Smith to-day arrived at Heston from .Manchester in readiness for his flight. ; He hopes, to take off on Tuesday in an all metal Avro Avian, named Southern Cross Junior. v \ GERMAN AIR CR ASH. (Received this dar at 9. a.m.) '7' ; BERLIN. October 6. 'A Lufthansa aeroplane flying from Berlin to Vienna crashed near Dresden, the pilot, the mechanic and seven, passengers being killed. This is the most serious accident that has ever happened in Germany. PLANE “NEW ZEALAND.” ' PASSES OVER FRANCE. PARIS, October 5. A.,Castacuthous plane, described as the “New Zealand,” arrived at Le Bourget, from London,, and then departed from Cairo.

MORE FLIGHTS TO AUSTRALIA. LONDON, October 6. Chabot and Pickthorne left Croydon this morning at dawn. Hill has arrived at Marseilles.

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Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1930, Page 5

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275

AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1930, Page 5

AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 7 October 1930, Page 5

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