DEPRIVED OF RECORD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10943, 15 June 1927, Page 5

DEPRIVED OF RECORD.

LONG-DISTANCE FLYING. CARR'B GREAT MISFORTUNE. LONDON, June 13. The airmen Carr and Mackworth will to-morrow, weather permitting, start on a non-stop flight to India in a Hawker-Horsley bomber, carrying petrol in the tanks sufficient lor 4500 miles. The event seems like developing into an international flight, as D'Oisy leaves Le Bourget to-morrow for the same destination. A dramatic account is now tor the first time disclosed of how the British aeroplane in which Lieutenants Carr and Gillman attempted a non-stop flight to India, and fell in the Persian Gulf practically in sight of the goal which would have given the world's record to Britain. It is revealed that the aeroplane fought for the greater part of the distance against a wind which did not handicap the Atlantic fliers. During the night, when flying across Irak, the aeroplane battled against a head wind but nevertheless it was then ahead of schedule time. Carr was controlling the machine in the darkness at a groat height, while Gillman was asleep'. Owing to the intense heat, Carr removed his helmet, which, it is believed, caused slight deafness. A few minutes before the break of dawn he reduced the engine's revolutions in order to economise in fuel. The engine developed an unusual note, and Carr awakened Gillman and warned him that he feared the engine was failing them. Almost instantly it ceased, and then commenced a forced descent in the darkness into the Persian Gulf, which was skillfully' executed, the machine alighting in the water perfectly.