HAWKER'S FLIGHT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume xxv, Issue 10713, 29 August 1913, Page 5

HAWKER'S FLIGHT.

A SUDDEN TERMINATION. TROUBLESOME WINDS.

(Received August 28, 9 a.m.) LONDON, August 27. The flight round. Great Britain attempted by Mr Hawker, in ft Sopwith hydro-aeroplane, for the Daily Mail's prize of £SOOO, has come to an untimely end. Mr Hawker arrived at Oban, at a height of 8000 feet, and descended at 5.35 p.m., in.two graceful circles, to the bay. Troublesome gusts of wind impeded his voyage along the Caledonian Canal. (Received August 28, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, August 27. Mr Hawker left Oban at 6.40, and descended at Larne, on the east coast of Antrim, at 9.30, for petrol. SOME DELAYS. (Received August 28, 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 27.; Mr Hawker endeavoured to reach Falmouth to-day, in order to complete the circuit before 9.30 o'clock on Thursday morning. He was delayed for an hour in leaving Oban owilig to a leaky float. Later he lost three hours through engine troubles. His difficulties culminated in an accident at Loughshinny, near Dublin, where: a wing of the machine snapped. The ma-chine fell one hundred feet into the sea. Mr Hawker sustained a fractured arm and an injured head, while Kauper, the mechanician, was slightly injured. Coastguards rescued! the men, and conveyed them to shore, where they received medical attention.

The race against time created intense interest in Britain. The High Commissioner for Australia, Sir George Reid, telegraphed to the aviators, who are Australians: "Win or lose, Australia is proud of you both." LATER REPORT. MR HAWKER UNINJURED. (Received August 28, 10 a.m.) • LONDON, August 27. Mr Hawker it transpires, was hot injured. Kauper's face, body, and arm were hurt, and he was sent to the hospital. The waterplane's left wing was broken. The accident was due to a side slip. . ' ONE THOUSAND POUNDS AWARDED. (Received August 28, 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 27. The Daily Mail has awardgd Mr Hawker £IOOO. Hawker covered 1013 miles in 1260 minutes. (Received August 28, 1 p.m.) LONDON, August 27. Hawker pressed his foot on, the rudder valve, but his boot, being oily, slipped off.- '

MAGNIFICENT EFFORTS. MESSAGE FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL. (Received Last Night, 10 o'clock.) LONDON, August 28. Hawker's water-plane, except the engine, is a total wreck. Kauper's arm was. broken. The newspapers unanimously acclaim »the magnificent efforts, showing that the British water-plane ere long would win. The Right Hon. Winston Churchill, in a message to the Daily • Mail, said Hawker achieved a wonderful result. The competition was of real value to British flying.' "Though we started last, we must persevere till the first place is gained," said the ;First Lord of the Admiralty.