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AIR VENTUrE.

FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. SHAH, MACHINE USED. Ttlegrapii.—Prua Asjn —Copyright. London, May 31. Pilot Hinckler, on a Baby Avro, left Croydon' at 450 in the morning to fly to AuitnM^ Received June 1, 5.5 p.m. London, May. 31. Hinckler in Australian who in May, 1019, waj» debarred from competing for the £IO,OOO prize in a Sopwith maehine,lon the ground that his scheme involved too -many risk#.. He haa been connected with the Avro *orks at Southampton for some time, and he never abandoned his intention to ■•ttKnpt tbe Auatralian flight. Sow,' fce. haa started as a sporting VtttUftb hoping to be the first man to in a .gingle-eeater aeroplane. ..... ' ' the Baby Avro the sealed handicap in the Aerial Derby. It has a t*igbOf '2OO miles, and flies 70 to 80 i milig an hour. A Green engine of 35 ' hot*»ip«Wsr is being used, . jnwet 'daring proposition is the '«ttf*sl. to: cross Ta»t stretches of water In such a "bus," but Hinckler is a bit of a sport and believes he will reach Australia eventually. He left Waddon aerodrome in excellent ffetther.—Aus.-NZ, Cable Assn. 'f ■ - . PLANS PQR THE PLIGHT. .'. -HANY DIFFICULTIES AHEAD. — v j —Received June 1, 9 p.m. Londont June I. . fitted extra petrol tanks to .tte.Babj Avro, and hopes thus to obtain eight to ten hours' continuous flight. Be does hot expect to get beyond Egypt at present, ofting to the prevalent unrest fn Syria and Mesopotamia. buckler licked to reach Rome oh the firSt oayi going via Paris, Lyons and Genoa. If unable to fly over Syria he twill inalte a leisurely tour into Central Cable Assn.

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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1920, Page 5

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AIR VENTUrE. Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1920, Page 5

AIR VENTUrE. Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1920, Page 5

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