CARR'S COMPANION.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 9

CARR'S COMPANION.

GILLMAN UNABLE TO GO. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11 a.m.) RUGBY, June 10. The aeroplane in which the new attempt will be made to fly without a stop to Karachi, a distance of 4100 miles, was being tested to-day at Brooklands prior to proceeding to Cranwell aerodrome, Lincolnshire, whence tho start l'or Indi;. will be made as soon as thi weather is favourable. It is confirmed that Flight-Lieutenant Carr will again be the pilot. Flight - Lieutenant Gillman, who navigated in the previo _s attempt, will, to his great disappointment, be unable to take part in the new venture for domestic reasons. Lieutenant Carr's companion will be Hight-Lieutenant Xackworth, who has had very considerable experiencs in longdistance flights and was one of thoso who flew from Cairo to Capetown and back last year. For several days men have been at work to prevent any such mishaps as that which caused Lieutenants Carr and 0-illman to come down in the Persian Gu'f in the previous attemjt. namely, an iirlock in the petrol supply. A new petrol system and new fitter have been installed and it is regarded as certain that similar trouble will not again occur.