NEW YORK IN 30 HOURS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 205, 18 January 1913, Page 2 (Supplement)

NEW YORK IN 30 HOURS

MR. GRAHAME WHITE TO MAKE AM ATLANTIC FLIGHT. Across the Atlantic to New York in thirty hours! This is the remarkable flight which Mr. Graliame White proposes to make this year. All plans for the trip are practically complete. A large hydro-aeroplane, driven by four engines of 250-h.p. each, is being <lesigned for the journey. A smaller machine, driven by four 30-k.p. engines, has been constructed for experimental flights. A number of trials will be made with the larger machine, which, it is estimated, will be capable of a speed of 100 miles an hour, enabling the journey from England to America to be aacomplished in thirty hour*. "Nothing is impossible in aviation," said Mr. Grahame White in outlining his scheme to an Express representative. "I am confident that the journey can be accomplished. LOOKING AHEAD. ''When you consider the wonderful strides which have been made in the art of aviation during the past two or three years, and the potentialities of the aeroplane, a flight to America in less than two days is well within the bounds of possibility. Indeed, in another ten to fifteen years the jourmey by air may well be accomplished in fifteen hours. "We shall, of course, test the machine fully before attempting the flight. I propose to carry six persons—two pilots, two mechanics and two passengers. One man who is anxious to/accompany me has already made a handsome offer. "The machine will be constructed at Hendon. "I hope to land in Xew York Harbor, and doubtless our appearance there will cause gome surprise. Such a flight has been talked about a good deal in the world of aviation, and I may say that for me it has a great attraction. "I have not yet fixed on my place of departure; nor do' I know what period of the year I shall select. It will depend largely on the weather. Autumn, for instance, may be more favorable than summer for the journey. It has appeared so to me more than once when I have crossed the Atlantic. The sea in autumn has been calmer than, say, in July. £2ojooo PLIGHT.

"I estimate that the experiment will cost anything from £15,000 to £20,000. The quantity of petrol which we • will use, for instance, will be enormous. "The engines will be larger than any yet designed, and I anticipate some difficulty in obtaining them. "It is, of course, highly important that, for the greater part of the journey, they should be reliable and efficient. We shall be able to dispense with one of them (should it fail us) on the last part of the journey, because the aeroplane will be lighter, owing to the expenditure of fuel. "No provision will be made for boats along the track. Such assistance will be unnecessary, for even if we come down on the ocean we shall be able to keep afloat and also rise again. "We will endeavor to keep in touch with liners, which will be able to obtain for us by wireless information as to the state of the weather ahead." Mr. Grahame White is enthusiastic about his scheme, which, ha assured the reporter, would, when accomplished, pave the way for even greater feats in aviation.

It would, of course, eclipse anything which has yet been accomplished by dirigible-; on long journeys.