IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1919, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

A HEAVY CYCLONE. WAS JT HAYVKERI HAWKER HAD NO RED UGSTSs. Received May 25, 5.5 p.m. • London, May 23. A wireless press message states ti>at the cable ship Faraday s.ghted a red light of an Reroplane 5028 degrees north and 30.061 degrees west in the early hours of Monday, roughly in a direct line midway between St. John's and Valencia. Received May 26, 12.25 a.m. London, May 24. The steame< Tactician, which picked up the Faraday's wireless, states that shortly-after the message was received the vessel encountered a heavy cyclone. . Other ships report a cyclone on Monday in mid-Atlantic. The Sopwith Company states that Hawker did not carry red lights, and what the Faraday taw may have been ft flame from the engine's exhaust pipes. t—Ana. &Z- Cable Assoc.

MISSING AIRMEN'S RELATIVES. DAILY MAIL'S SPLENDID GENEROSITY. .Received May 24, 55 p.m. Lopdon, May 22. tVhile not abandoning hope of the sur.vival of missing airmen, the Daily Mail has offered to divide the prize between iMrs. Hawker and Grieve'a next-of-kin. The paper also offers another £IO,OOO |or competition.—United Service. .DIRIGIBLE TO ATTEMPT. Received May 2a, 5.5 pjn. New York, May 14 (delayed) An American dirigible left Montauk Point, en route to St. John's, with the object of making the trans-Atlantic flight. Bad weather continues. ■ MB AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. deceived-May 24, 55 p.m. London, May 23. . Martinsyde has entered for the Aus. Italian flight..

Received May 25,11.20 p.m. London, May 24.

Bert Hinkler, a native of Bundaberg, Queensland, who enlisted in September, 1914, in the Naval Air Service, and soon qualified as a pilot, and also saw much service on the Italian front, being awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and a colniniftsisn, was recently demobilised, and now intends to fiy to Australia, and hopes to do the journc :i seventeen Au».-N.Z. Cable Assn.