WORLD FLIGHT
POST SETS OPT
AMERICAN’S SOLO FLIGHT.
(United Press Association—By Electric:
Telegraph—Copyright;.
NEW YORK, July 15,
Wiley Post the thirty-five year old 'UKfohoma airman, took off from eastern Bennett Field at 4.10 a.m. eastern standard time to-day, to fly ■alone around the'world.
He has planned to make stops at Berlin, Novosabinsk, Khabarovsk, and at Fairbanks and Edmonton. He is flying the white and purple Lockhead moiiopane “Winnimae,” in which he and Gatty made their distance record.
He expected that her cruising speed of 170 miles per hour will be increased by at least twenty-five miles by a strong west wind. This plane has a top speed of 221 miles an hour. ■
Post has a robot pilot designed to keep the plane on its course and to maintain altitude and lateral stability while he rests, though he said that lie did not expect to sleep.
Post carries the most elaborate equipment ever carried aboard an aeroplane, Post passed Tor Bay, in Newfoundland at 1.10 p.m. to-day eastern standard time. He was flying high and fast, and headed out over the Atlantic.
FROM AMERICA TO LITHUANIA
UNAUTHORISED FLIGHT STARTS
NEW YORK, July 15.
Stephen Rarius and Stanley Cirenas, Lithuanian Americans, from Chicago, hopped off from Flovd Bennett Field at 5.22 a.m. to-day on a four thousand miles flight to Lithuania.
The fliers have, been in an altercation with officials at Washington about permits to fly over the countries between the United States <and Lithuania. They left without obtaining these permits. The argument centred about the question ais to who should pay one hundred dollars for cables to the countries in question. The fliers took off without informing the fields officials of their intention.
. A commerce department official in Washington said: “If they should land in gome country en route, it not only i will be embarrassing to the Ammerican Government, • but will make the field officials of their intention.
that country.” The Lithuanians passed over Trinity Day, Newfoundland, at 1.40 p.iil. eastern standard time,
ANTARCTIC AERIAL VENTURE.
SAN FRANCISCO, July IS,
Mr Lincoln E!s worth, has sailed aboard the Matson liner ‘Lurline for New 7ealand, where he will join Mr Bernt Balclien and Sir Hubert Wilkins for his proposed aeroplane flight over the Antarctic. He is accompanied. by his wife, who will remain in New Zealand until the explorers return.
WOOD’S FURTHER DELAY,
lUGOON, July 15
The Westralian airman, Woods, who made a forced landing at Henzada, reached the base in the same day. Soft grounds have delayed his departure- Ho has left Bassein for Akyab.
ITALIANS REACH CHICAGO CHICAGO, July 15
The Italian air squadron of 24 planes arrived here from Montreal this evening.
SPEEDING CHARGE
TORONTO, July 14,
Mr Vincent Massey, former Canadian Minister at Washington and now chief organiser of the Liberal Party, was fined fifteen dollars for failing to appear in Court to answer a charge of speeding in his automobile. He was charged with driving at 60 miles an hour.
LINDBURG IN THE AIR. BOXWOOD (Newfoundland), July 14. Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh took off to-day for Cartwright (Labrador), having arrived here earlier from St. John’is. CARTWRIGHT, -(Labrador, July 14. The Lindborgs have arrived.
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