OLD AND NEW

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 513, 16 November 1928, Page 9

OLD AND NEW

Hinkler-Smith Planes Side by Side OLYMPIA DISPLAY (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. A suggestion is made that at the 1929 international aviation exhibition at Olympia, Sir Ross Smith’s and Mr. Bert Hinkler’s planes should be contrasted side by side, further that Mr. Hinkler’s plane should afterwards be given to the Commonwealth Museum. If this is done, fhe Avro Company is ready to give Mr. Hinkler another. Speaking at to-day’s luncheon to inaugurate the exhibition campaign, Mr. Frederick Handley Page, discussing the year’s achievements, said: “What could be more thrilling than Hinkler’s feat. Day after day, with plenty of flying, and little sleep, showing us that there are still Britons with guts.” Mr. Hinkler has presented the Queensland Government with composite film of his landings in Australia. A Sydney message says that the Premier of New South Wales, Mr. T. R. Bavin, yesterday forwarded the Government’s cheque for £2,500 to Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith and Flight-Lieutenant C. T. Ulm, together with a highly complimentary letter on their successful Pacific flight. The Premier also congratulated them on their notable flights across Australia to Perth, and to New Zealand and back.