Singapore Flight

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 249, 11 January 1928, Page 1

Singapore Flight

BRITISH AIRMEN START Tramp Ship of the Air By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Received 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. FO flying officers, Newell and Vincent, accompanied by a mechanic and a photographer, left the Stag Lane airdrome in two three-seater Siddeley airplanes for Singapore, via Marseilles, Brindisi, Athens, Mesopotamia, India, Burma and the Malay States. . . ....

They are taking a woman passenger, Mrs. Wise Parker, as far as Cairo. The flight is a free-lance venture, with the object of general reconnaissance of civil flying prospects, exploitation possibilities and air survey. The airmen will undertake aerial photography, a collection of flying data, a stimulation of interest in aviation by means of lectures, and a demonstration of the use of aircraft in spraying crops and mosquito-infested areas. The pilots intend to pick up passengers and special cargo, and become a sort of tramp ship of the air as opportunities offer, operating chiefly in India, Burma, Ceylon and the Malay States. —A. and N.Z. ENDURANCE RECORD SMITH’S NEW ATTEMPT Reed. 9.33 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. The supervisors of the Mills Field Airport have ordered the board runway to be lengthened to 750 feet, in preparation for Captain Kingsford Smith’s coming attempt at the endur-

ance record flight, which is planned within a few weeks. The plane has been overhauled, and the petrol capacity increased. —and N.. FORD ON AIRPLANES NEW YORK, Tuesday. Mr. Henry Ford, in an interview, said he thinks the large triple-motor monoplane will be the flying machine of the future, and he expects a continued increase in the production of this type of airplane.—A. and N.Z.