High Flying

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 51, 21 July 1914, Page 5

High Flying

A BALLOON ACCIDENT. TWO MEN .SERIOUSLY INJURED. Received 20, 10.5 p.m. Paris, July 30. Ju.-t as the Aerial Grand Prix at Tuilerieo was about to start, a gust swept a balloon against a tree. The occupants of tin- basket fell some fifty feet on to a p.is.-hig cart. Duval sustained severe injunes to hi* skuli, and IShnwhet, a former winner of the Gordon Hewlett Cup, was seriously hurt.

AUSTRALIA'S RECORD FLIGHT. A PERILOUS VOYAGE. Bj Cabin —Prcei Association —Copyright Sydney, July 20. Guillaux's flying time was 552 miles in a litt.o over 9 hours, an average of over t>4 miles an hour. He made seven intermediate stops. A "Hccession of storm-, heavy rain, intense cold, and tin- difficulty of piloting over unknown country proved serious- .setbacks. At various points, he rose to great altitudes, up to 15,000 feet, to try to escape the storms, almost numbing liimi He had to by compass during l the journey between Harden and Sydney. The perilous wind was so strong and the rain beat so fiercely that sometimes he was nearly capsized.

GERMAN AVIATOR'S DISTRESS. Time; and Sydney Sun Services. Berlin, July 1 i>. T!>e experience, of the German aviator Oelerich, who rose 26,250 feet at Leipsic, suggest that any airman rising higher will have to be dressed in a diver's suit and helmet to protect him against the reduced pressure of the atmosphere, and will also have to carry his own -upply of air for breathm». Oelerich found regular breathing impossible at 14.800 and was forced to resort to the oxygen apparatus. At over 23.000 he experienced a feeling of i'lness and v as threatened with a fainting fit.

TOO MANY ATRMEN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 20, 5.5 p.m. Berlin. July 20. In consequence of the popularity of aviation, the Air Pilots' Association warns young men against entering the profession. Germany is already overstocked with capable fliers.