A WATENPLANE TRIUMPH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 187, 7 August 1913, Page 8

A WATENPLANE TRIUMPH.

V IXICMa- TBOX PARIS TO XOITDON. ACHIEVEMENT BY MR. GRAHAME WHITEA great triumph for the waterpUn« «a.i scored on June 23 by Mr. Grahame' White, who flew from Paris to Putney Bridie in a Moralnc-Saulnicr monoplane fitted with floats and passed up the Tiuiraes through London. He ia the first airman to accomplish this feat, which Is, in pome of distance, lhe best waterplano flight yet made. l**t Ai:;:int the attempt wns made by M, Andre Beaumont (Captain Conncau of the French Navy), who won the second "Daily Mall" £10,000 flying prize for the erreuft of Br/tein, but M. Beaumont was obliged to give up owing to stormy weather and bail luck with his machine, Mr. Grahame-Whlte was favoured by good -weather, but lie was hampered by the Government regulations which forbid flylag over tbe Thame* at Barking, PurHcl, Wiecrm-v, imil Tilbury. 11. te I* the timetable of tbe airman's great flight!IJM •«.—Left He de Jatte near Parti. 7JM a.nt—Arrived at Havre and had breakfast, 'MB eMr-Ml for Boulogne, 10M »■■,—Arrived at Boulogne. M mm* Uft Boulogne. .-.,,. J Dover and lunched wlln Mr*. Algernon (Intone** in hi* yacht. Ml Mr-yifiH over tbe Jlri'.ltii and fmth flfWta and left tot Putney, f.U f M,-Umi*d at Putney Bridge. MO MILEK n.K>HT. Mr, arUm-Wto* wH° wWHad to WwMWtwti ike mfeUUUm ot hi* new mmMm lo tha Admiralty waa wy ■I—ad with ft* hewarlriur. Hi* achieve-m-mt theme tke re|"Jd progre** made In ■Hat dawliiweait of tbe walerplsne, and mmi»mim Ha remarkable pomlblllti.*. The rfiitwiee —vend by Mr. GrahameWhite ia eet.mated at about 380 mile*, "I had a meat pleasant journey down the **{*•," said the airman, "but I found a dime* fog at Boulogne, and waited for the departure of the boat, I followed (he steamer all the way, circling over, head and also ovnr another Channel boat that we met. The pwweager* waved ItaU and handkerchief*. "To avoid breaking the Government flying regulation* I 'taxied' on tbe surface of the water from the mouth of the Thames to Greenwich. Here I had to climb very auddenly in order to get over tbe Tower Bridge, but I managed it quite safely, although the valve of one of tho cylinders had broken at Ramagatc, where " 1 very nearly cairns down." He made a beautiful descent at Putney, coming high over the bridge and landing in tbe middle of the river, to the surprise of *ome racing crews who were just.goigg ont for practice for Henley.