THE STRAIN OF FLIGHT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10944, 16 June 1927, Page 5

THE STRAIN OF FLIGHT

"GAUGES BEGIN TO GRIN." CARR AND OILMAN'S STORY. EFFECT OF WANT OF SLEEP. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, June 15. The first connected narrative of the descent by Flight-Lientenants Can- and Gilman in) the Persian Gulf, mailed to a friend in London, discloses that want of sleep, and strain began to tell. To quote the aviator's own words: "The instruments and gauges began to grin and make faces at us." The parachute did not get adrift, and sections protruded from the water like a shark's firi—a grim suggestion of the actual fate which they escaped by abandoning their intention to swim ashore.

CAIRO-TO-CAPE ROUTE. RUGBY, June 14. The Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr L. C. M. S. Amery), in answer to a question in the House of Commons, stated fchat the British Government is most anxious to promote, by any means in its power, the Cairo-to-Cape route. The matter has been the subject of consultation, but no immediate announcement is expected, as it has beeni referred! for decision to the various Governments concerned.

TRIBUTE TO LINDBERGH. DI PINEDO'S AMBITION. (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) . MADRID, June 15. Asked which waß'the best Trans-At-lantio flight, the Marchese Di Pinedo replied unhesitatingly, Captain Lindbergh's, because of the heroism and endurance required for an unaccompanied flight- He expressed the opinion that a Trans-Atlantic commercial service was possible, but the right type of machine must be discovered.

"My ambition is to find a 'plane in which I can make a circuit of the world without being a slave to time," the Marchese' said. "Personally, I found the crossing to America more difficult than a yice-yersa journey." CAPTAIN ROOK'S PROGRESS. (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) CAIRO, June 15. Captain Rook, who left Croydon on May 24 in a moth aeroplane to fly to Sydney, landed at Heliopolis after having been delayed a week at Abolair for repairs. He will resume his flight tomorrow for Amman.