AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1932, Page 2

AVIATION

ENGLISH PILOT KILLED.

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

LONDON, May 21. The “Morning Post’s” cross country air race to ‘Heston, Norwich and back, a distance of five hundred miles,, was Woli -by F. R. Walker in a Puss Moth, he averaging 108 point five miles an hour. Grierson in a Gipsy Moth was second. Miss Winifred Spooner, in a Puss Moth, was fourth. Lieut. Frank George Gibbons, of the Air Force, crashed on top of an oak tree. He was killed.

ANOTHER FATALITY

ROME, May 21. While the world is acclaiming Mrs Earhart Putman’s flight, George Endrez, accompanied by Bittay, a wireless operator, flying the plane “Justice for Hungary,” with which he last year flew the Atlantic non-stop, crashed when arriving to attend Mussolini’s meeting of International Air Pilots. Both were killed.

468 Miles an hour

' ROME, May 21. During tile rbceiit tests of a new Italian “Schneider*’ plane oil Lake Garda, Lieutenant Neri, the Italian Air Force officer, is unofficially stated to have attained a speed of 466 milos ■an hour.

The Italian Air Minister, Signor Balbo, says that such progress has been made in aviation that a speed of six !liundred miles per hour will be attained within ten years.

THE DORNIER DO.X

ST. JOHNS (N’foundland), May 21. - The Dornier DO.X left Holy rood Harbour (Newfoundland), at three a.rn. to-day, for the Azores. Four hours later she was three hundred miles east south east of Cape Race.