ITALIANS EXALT BRITISH AIRMEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 1

ITALIANS EXALT BRITISH AIRMEN

Schneider Cup Winners

“SKILL, BRAVERY & DARING”

Bi'itish Wireless—Press Assn.—Copyright Received 11 a.m. RUGBY, Thursday,

HPHE Schneider Trophy, which is too large and heavy for 1. actual presentation,was symbolically handed to the victorious British team at an official luncheon given by the Italian Aero Club at Venice yesterday. Prince Scalea, president of the club, in expressing admiration of the British material and personnel, said : “We hope we shall again win this trophy, but in the meantime no words of praise can be too high for the skill, bravery and daring of the British victors.”

A Government luncheon over which the British Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, will preside, will be given In celebration of the British

victory, after the return of FlightLieu t. Webster and the other members of the team, who will reach London on Saturday evening. The Royal Aero Club and other aeronautical bodies are also giving a banquet in their honour. The winning seaplane will be used by the Air Ministry for further experiments in high-speed flying. Sir Philip Sassoon, 'Under-Secre-tary for Air, flew back to London yesterday from Venice. it has now been arranged the airmen will Journey from Venice to Paris by train, and then embark as passengers on an air liner for Croydon, where they. Will, arrive on Saturday afternoon. The air liner will be escorted from the coast by special Royal Air Force machines. Members of the Cabinet and many representatives of the aviation world will be present. A huge; crowd is expected at Croydon. The airmen are . at any rate assured of a great- and popular welcome. It is estimated that the airdrome can accommodate something like 20,000 spectators. The winning supermarineNapier 35 seaplane and the other machines are being brought home by a special vessel. It is hoped that it will be possible to exhibit the seaplane to the public, who have had no opportunity of inspecting it, since it was shown only to a few' privileged spectators at Calshot before going to Venice.—A. and N.Z. SOON TO MARRY

LIEUTENANT WEBSTER

LOVE-LETTERS BY AIR By Cable. —Pres., Association.—Copyright Reed. 12.14 p.m. LONDON, Thurs. An unexpected sequel to Lieutenant Webster’s sficcess is the announcement that he is engaged to marry Miss Enid Darnleyi -of Ipswich. The girl says the wedding will take place at the end of next month, or “as soon as the fuss is over.” Lieutenant Webster was recently stationed at Martlesham Heath, and used to fly low over his sweetheart’s house in Ipswich and drop love-letters into the garden. His fiancee says:—“Everybody in the household was most frightened, but I wasn’t.”—A. and N.Z.