AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 28 May 1932, Page 5

AVIATION

TRANS-ATLANTIC SERVICES

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

ROME, May 27

The Congress of Ocean Flyers here decided that the time had arrived for an international competition to hasten trans-Atlantic conveyance of goods and special mai s, but. not yet the conveyance of passengers. It was agreed that Rome should be the international centre for the collection and distribution of data.

The ’opinion was expressed that a route via Ireland and Newfoundland and that via the Azores and Newfoundland would be impracticable at present, and that the most promising route between Europe and North America * was via Iceland and Greenland, provided that complete weather report services were organised.

MISSING GERMAN CRAFT,

WESTRALLAN SEARCH FAILS

DARWIN, May 27

A Western Australian Airways aeroplane, with three skilled aviators aboard, has conducted a search of the coast from Wvndham to Darwin for the missing Junkers flying boat with two men aboard. Later the plane diligently searched Bathurst and Melville Islands. The searchers wore without success. The plane returned to Wyndham in the evening.

SWITZERLAND TO AUSTRALIA

(Received this dav at 9.25 a.m". LONDON, May 27.

The most novel flight to Australia, yet undertaken commenced on May 20, when a nineteen year old Swiss, AI lons BreiUeiibiicli, who secured his pilot's certificate when sixteen, and his brother, Carl, left Zurich in a mono-

plane. Alfons is an accomplished organist and will give recitals in capital cities in An.-fralin. He intend,s making the Timor Sen coosing ri'c’ie, send'tig his brother by steamer in order to allow the machine to carry the maximum id petrol. They were last reported at Constantinople.