ROUND THE WORLD

Hokitika Guardian, 24 July 1933, Page 5

ROUND THE WORLD

POST’S NEW RECORD

U.S. AVIATOR’S GREAT FLIGHT.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

NEW YORK.. July 21

. W-ilfjy Po-st landed at midnight on Saturday at the Floyd Bonnet. Field, thus completing his round the world flight in seven days eighteen hours fifty minutes, and bettering Post and

Cutty’s lime two years ago by twentyone hours one minute. Post bopped off from 'Fairbanks, Alaska, for Edmonto-u, -at 5.45 p.m. (Pacific Coast time) on Thursday. He lauded at Edmonton at 6.14 a.in on Friday, taking bine hours and twenty minutes for the flight. There was a good tail wind as he

roared down Portage. Avenue, which promised to get him in to New York at midnight by Eastern standard time, as he left Edmonton. He was then 20 hours and 26 minutes ahead of the old Post. Catty recoad. ’

Post was drenched with rain as be staggered from his plane on his arrival at Edmonton. He was holding his aching heads in his hands. Post seemed to be lively and cheerful, though, as he left after a short nap.

Mr J. -Nelson Kelly, the field superintendent, -who recorded Wiley Post’s take off on July 15th at 4.10 a.m. on his world flight, to-iday clocked his return officially at ten hours fifty-nine minutes thirty seconds p.m. Saturday. This gives the flier an elapsed time of one hundred and eighty-six hours, ( fortv-nine i and a half minutes for his journey of approximately fifteen thousand four hundred miles. Post had flown round -the world in a little over a week, and nearly a full day less than the previous journey 'he made with Gatty. The crowd -present became frenzied when Post taxied along the field. Three thousand of the people broke through the police line 6 and Post was forced t-o stall his motor to prevent possible injury to the crowd. '

The flier rose and wave/d to the crowd several times. Then he slumped in his seat being apparently exhausted. ,He -was taken out immediately to an automobile. He had a handkerchief around his forehead. - Post -landed almcist an hour earlier than he was expected, -and he was not seen until he came 'down almost- in the Centre ■of -the IFloyd Bennett Field, #*sartliUg the huge crowd who gathered.

He landed from the north, and taxied his .plane to the end -of the field, and then around in front of the Administration 'building.

MOLLISONS OVER ATLANTIC

ON THEIR FLIGHT TO NEW YORK

LONDON, July 29. Mr and Mrs iMollison left the London Aoro Club’s aerodrome at 7-45 a.m. today for the Pendiine Sands in connect- j ion with their flight to New York. The 'MoUisons left at noon. They , taxied to the end of Pendine Sands, turning then, they were giving the plane a seven mile run, <if necessary, J bij/t /the '/Sea fairer” began to climb after it taxied nine hundred yards. It circled over the beach, and then headed for the Atlantic, being escorted by ,flour ./aeroplanes which it soon outdistanced The iMoliisons hope to reach New York in 34 hours. Mrs Mollison is piloting meetly an the daytime, and j her husband at night. ' Thei,r only rations were two flasks of coffee, raisins and barley sugarCOBH AM’S AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. LONDON, July 22. Sir. i£m Cobham has arranged to leave on his return flight to Australia I in tlio second week of October. He has I completed secret refuelling plans. He i,s contemplating a non-stop flight from . Darwin to either Sydney or Melbourne. His machine has withstood all tests. ROUND THE WORLD IN 4* DAYS. POSSIBLE SAYS WILEY POST. (Received this day at 10.27 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 2b Post is far from satisfied wi.h his performance. “I could take Winnim-al with the same equipment and good weather and make it in four days and a half,” but he added that he had not made any definite plans for a world °r other flights. He said that Alaska was the hardest part of the flight, where he was unable to locate himself. He dozed several times cn route from Edmonton l<> New York on Satiwlva. The robot pilot was working well and piloted him from •five minutes after leaving New berk until thirty minutes from Berlin, also ■from Edmonton to Newark (N..T.) Questioned regarding a. world refuelling flight, Post, fi-iul that, refuell'n.r in the .air was senseless. “What would be the point ? Tt only takes a short time to land and fake on fuel.” A medical examination found him i ll good condition.

MATTER VS RESCUE PLANE. (Received this day at 10.30 a.m.) NOME (Alaska), July 24. The Soviet plane which flew with