RECORD FLIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 302, 20 December 1918, Page 6

RECORD FLIGHT.

. I tOSOOK TO CALCUTTA. HANDLET PAGE'S GBEAT VOYAGE. (Recehcd 2.:, p.,,,., L'tMlllN, December ill. A Hundley I'nge machine, with MajorGeneial Saluiond on board, landed in Calcutta from London to-day.— (A. and ! N.Z. and Kciitor.i The flirrht from London to Calcutta, over rutin miles, is by Tar the longest yet attempted. About a dozen stops would ■[~. made on the voyage, which occupied nearly a fortnight! Tbe cablegram dues not slut.- the route followed 01 the lirst stage*, but it was probably a>Tu«n l-rnnc-e and Italy to the IMaml j"I t yprus. iheiu-e Cairo. After leaving |( an... ac.-cicli,,!. i,, ~ ~a h le m.-ui-J last I week. Major General Salmon,! Hew to | llamas,,,-, (hence llaa:lad. I.hen,-e across I'elsia en.l ~, Karachi, whence he began I Hie Dual 5i.,,.,,. ,„ tht . jo, In „. v ~„ Mon . ! ,|,, . v - I I'" HUhl was accomplished with- ". ll > ;l '"I ■'"■ mi'! i- a great testimony to ' ""' ''''nubility ~f lh,. latent I \ pe' ol j weight nirryiiiM war 'plane. Comniet■•'al wiyiiai-. froni I'.ritam to India and | * "«•" to Australia are suggested, and it ■ - understood thai -leps are heii.gl | taken lo instil,l,. :l regular service "< » h\e,| .al- p. i inn.-.. The previous! | record ,i*iaii,c Might was iron, London | Ito Constantinople while t!„- High! from! ' l-'»i«lon to Hon,,, ha- neen made on ! -eici-al ,„-,-a.,ion.s.