MAJOR BLAKE'S FLIGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 172, 22 July 1922, Page 7

MAJOR BLAKE'S FLIGHT.

OVERHAULING THE MACHINE. LONDON, July 21. Major W. T. Blake, who is engaged in a flight round the world, reporting from Karachi, says: "The air force is overhauling the machine before we proceed to Calcutta. So far the aeroplane has been running splendidly. The only repairs necessary are a new landing wheel and shock absorber. We are now getting into the monsoon area." —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) FLIGHT ACROSS AMERICA. WASHINGTON, July 21. Army aviators will attempt a transcontinental flight with the new dirigible C 2, using Helium gas, in September.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) TRANS-PACIFIC PRIZE. NEW YORK, July 21. The Australian and New Zealand Press Association interviewed Mr. Thomas Ince, who said: "You are correct in the surmise that the contest for the prize I offered for a trans-Pacific flight, closed in February, 1920. It was a great disappointment to mc that there were no contestants, as at the time I was very enthusiastic on the subject, and was convinced that the flight was feasible. My business enterprises prohibit mc from renewing the offer."—(A. and N.Z.)