FLIGHT TO ENGLAND

Taranaki Central Press, 19 April 1937, Page 5

FLIGHT TO ENGLAND

FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN H. S. BROADBENT SETS OUT. First Stage to Charleville. Press Association--—Copyright. Received 12.30 p.m. Sydney, April 19. Mr. H, S. Broadbent, the famoua Australian pilot, left Mascot Aerodrome at 6.15 o’clock this morning on the first stage of his flight to England. Mr. Broadbent hopes to reach Charleville to-day. The ’plane has a petrol range of 1600 miles. Mr. Broadbent holds a high place among Australia’s recordbreaking flying men. He held the England-Australian record of six days seven hours until it was beaten by Miss Jean Batten, and he still holds the record. He will probably compete in the next King’s Cup race at Home, and he may visit America for the National air race.

FLIGHTS TO CAPE TOWN

Mrs. Bonney’s Progress. Press Association—Copyright. Singapore, April 17. Anxiety was felt for Mrs Bonney, who was three hours overdue from Batavia on her flight from Australia to Cape Town. Anxiety was allayed when it was learned that she had landed safely at Muntok Banka Island, where she is staying overnight. She is leaving for Singapore on Sunday. MOLLINSON’S PLANS. Press Association—Copyright. Paris, April 17. Mr Jim Mollison, the British aviator, told the paper Le Soil- that he hoped to fly to Cape Town on April 25, completing the journey in two and a half days.

NOT YET ABANDONED.

Trans-Atlantic Air Race. Press Association—Copyright. Paris, April 17. The Air Ministry, after consulting the Aero Club of France, announced that it had not yet been decided to abandon the trans-Atlantic race from New York to Paris, organised fir May 21 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's solo flight. It emphasised that only the race’s postponement, not its abandonment, vdas being considered. The Air Minister, M. Cot, informed the Aero Club of France, according to a Paris message of April 16, that the international air race from New York ito Paris had been abandoned owing to the United States opposition. America urged -postpo]n|etmc|nt of the race on the ground that accidents would create a bad impression on the eve of the opening of transAtlantic commercial services.