IN THE AIR.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 July 1919, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

?_' * TI-IE: ATLANTIC’ ‘IE'L'IG-HT.‘ FURTHER ‘DE'I"‘A‘II‘.S‘ OF" A‘ GREAT r. ~ V ACHIEVEIMENT. . ‘ . “NEW YORK,‘ July 10. ,’:l‘he‘New" Y-ork Timesi’ ;Ne"”w .York correspondent ‘at _Min~eola. rel:§ol4.ts:o General ‘lvfia-itlagnci, Ahspeaking .’a."t ha lungheonitenderegi -by the United States navalééoificers }“t.o‘the ofiicers of R 34, said]: “We sfarted to -cross the Atlanue, ‘hut Hardly saw it. We hugged the I _. 'cl,oligdsh‘a,l|l the Way’ across. ‘I Wa’s"sur-* 1 prised at ‘the dirigible’s lacli of motion ‘ in_ thgiéir. The‘ Air Ministry had }a. definite purpose Lin sending iR34 to » flygfrgm east toowjesfl and back. It was to. d_emol_l_strat‘e what airship was best b 7lit‘fc—e_d’f‘orV_commercial‘service‘ all round N tl'levworld.,:R34 is not big enough for such a. servvic-e.” H 1 -‘Commander Scott said Admiral Bea;tfy_4h:ad been quoted a's:s3ay:inghthat . the airship of «the future would take the placeof thee;-ui’s'.er.‘ R3’-4"had' the . wind against if! ueeu-15} all ‘the way." It spoke well for the future th-a'tV' they M could cross”§g'h§}i§fl”§uol:i”"odds. Cornmander Scot-_t .eulogised, ith_.e,.ha,r.range'— ment. for la,ndingM»gi‘.§; éMinéolé ’is Wonderful. V H , - NEW YORK, July 10. ‘ R 34 is 650 miles eu -mute to London. 12.34 NEARING‘ HOME; - Received July 12, £5.25 a.m. " VVArSKHIN'GTON, July 11. R 34 is nearing the Azores.

PAMOUS FRENCHMAN KILLED. Received Jelly 12, 9.25 a.m. PARIS. Jilly 11. (Navarre, the most famous French aviator after Gunemeyer, was killed while testing .a. new machine. _