FLIGHT OF ATLANTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 314, 27 March 1928, Page 1

FLIGHT OF ATLANTIC

Germans in Junkers Plane A START FROM IRELAND By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Received 9.30 a.m. BERLIN, Monday. rE aviators Koehl and Loose, with Baron Huhnefeld as passenger, have left for Ireland in a Junkers airplane, with a view to an instant attempt at a transatlantic flight.

Two Americans, Mrs. Esther Wanner, and Miss Mildred Johnson, have set out alone in a Lufthansa airplane on a circuit of Europe, involving a crossing of the Alps. They may be passengers in July in the all-metal Rohrbach three-engined flying boat which will cross the Atlantic. The largest Zeppelin in Germany is now being constructed on Lake Constance. It will accommodate 20 passengers, and is expected to fly 19,000 miles round the world In 12 days. The gas in the envelope will be drawn upon for fuel, and the envelope will draw in air to replace the gas. The dirigible is destined for a mail, passenger, and goods service between Spain and Buenos Aires.—A. and N.Z

AN EARNEST CHALLENGE BRITAIN AND RECORDS NEW MACHINE MADE LONDON, Sunday. In addition to the air speed record, the Air Ministry is officially attempting a long distance non-stop flight and duration records, for which a special Napier-engined machine is being completed. It is expected that the airplane will be able to remain in the air over 60 hours, and be capable of a 5,000 miles non-stop flight. The “Daily Express” says that Flight Lieutenant O. E. Worsley will be the pilot in the speed attempt, six weeks hence, and adds that the new machine will be flown in the next Schneider Cup race. It is further stream-lined, and capable of six miles a minute.—A. and N.Z.