AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 14 October 1930, Page 5

AVIATION

A RECORD HOP

BY KINGSFORD SMITH

[United Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.]

(Received tbis'day at 9.40 a.m.) BASRA, October 12

Wing Commander Kingsford Smith made a record hop in his flight from Aleppo to Bush ire. He did tiie distance in the one hop. 1 This has never hitherto been done.

A WOMAN’S FLY. (Received this day at 9. a.m.) : n ;■ NEW YORK, October 13. ; A message from Valley Siam, states: Mrs Keith Miller, the British aviatrix took off from Curtis Field for Los Angeles at six thirty this morning in an effort to lower the women’s trans-continental record recently established by Miss Laura Ingalls. She has planned to make the first stop at Indianapolis with an overnight stop at Wichita, Kansas. Mrs Miller is flying a Low Wing Monoplane. ACROSS AMERICA. (Received this dav at 11.30 a.in.) V , NEW YORK, October 13. A. message from Indianopolis states Mrs, Miller loft there at 12.35 p.m, for Wichita. , A later report states tho aviatrix arrived atKansas City at 4.25 p.m. and is planning to continue the flight to Wichita to-night. HILL AT RANGOON. KINGSFORD SMITH AT KARACHI. (Received 9.20 a.m.) ' RANGOON, October 13. Hill arrived this evening. KARACHI, October 13. Kingsford Smith arrived at five this evening. ■' Chabot and Pichtliorne arrived, but inconsequence of delays are abandoning their flight and are returning by steamer from Karachi. HILL LEAVES RANGOON. (Received this day at 11 a.m.) RANGOON. Oct. 14. Hill left for Singora, shortly after midnight. RECORD BROKEN. LONDON, Oct. 13. ■: Lieut. Gaspareutllus lias arrived from London, heating the Duchess of Bedford’s record by a day.

i•. ATLANTIC FLYERS. : - PLANS NOT FINED. (Received this dav at, 1.30 n mA LONDON; Oct. 13. The plans of the Atlantic fliers, Boyd and Connor are not decided. At present they are considering a return flight via the Azores. Bovd says they have no intention of taking a direct route and adds—“We took over a big chance in the original trip and when we landed we felt we did not want to fly across an ocean again, but now the feeling the old urge if the flight proved anything it was that the Atlantic was able to be oro'S a d during the stormiest period of the, year, when ten hours darkness opposed four hours in mid summer. Anybody attempting the AI Dint io without plenty of experience in blind flying was costing certain death. At present the element of risk over the Atlantic was almost wholly a human element. The engine did not miss a stroke and the (navigation instruments were perfect. ’*