BOUND FOR ROME.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 7

BOUND FOR ROME.

U.S.A. MONOPLANE.

Old Glory Takes Off From

Maine.

FOB LONG-DISTANCE RECORD

Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright)

(Received 10.30 a.m.) MONTREAL, September 6. Messrs Lloyd Bertand and James ,le Witt Hill took off at 1.30 this afternoon from Old Orchard, Maine, ,n the Fokker monoplane Old Glory. Their objective is Rome and they are itempting to break the lo 'Stance ecord.

Mr. Lloyd Bertaud, the American air;an, has chosen Mr. James de Witt Hill, i 42-year-old air mail pilot, as his co-pilot ad navigator. Hill has done 5000 hours of •ying, and in that time has never ibandoned his 'plane. The "Old Glory" ; 9 a Fokker monoplane, equipped with a special Jupiter engine.

LIGHT OVER TASMAN.

Australian Help For Local

Pilots. STATEMENT BY MR. BRUCE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. In referring to-day to the question of oversea aeroplane flights the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stanley Bruce, said that the Government was most desirous that the first flight between Australia and New Zealand should be successfully undertaken by local pilots. He stated that every possible technical assistance would be given any qualified ( >erson who proposes to use a really efficient sea-going aeroplane for the purpose. ; JEWELS AND TEARS. American Girl Would Go With Levine. FLIGHT FURTHER POSTPONED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. | The stormy weather in the Atlantic is unabated and so the proposed flight of / .Mr. Charles Levine, the American mil-:.-p onaire, has been postponed. The . gather reports indicate that headwinds •v.,. - >i a velocity of 30 miles per hour are Aa American girl, Miss Mabel 801 l had o;i«l to accompany Mr. Levine. "I am rribly thrilled," she said. "I want the siill of being the first woman to fly . -ross the Atlantic." , „ ': 5 Miss 8011, bedecked with jewels said » be worth £3000, was all ready this f 'fowling to go on board the Oolumbia, she-burst into tears when she was ' - il she could not be taken. jfjf Air. Levine told Miss 801 l that she ■' <>uld not accompany the party, because V' ■* weight would materially reduce the *nonnt of petrol that could be carried 'a the Columbia.—(A. and N.Z. and Sydney "Sun.") t REDFERN'S FATE. F' lve Notes Dropped To Ship Asking Direction. T? lAST SIGHT OP 'PLANE. NEW ORLEANS, September 6. The, crew of the Norwegian steamer '■Jmstian Krogs, which arrived at New 5 f |f ~* yesterday, report having sighted '-plfcue Port of Brunswick, in which v-. r " Bedfern left Georgia, Brunson August 25, in an attempt to J.!, W to They say the airman ;y . on August 26, within 165 miles 7 coast of South America. Bedfern circled over the ship and ®®pped live notes asking for direction. *** last seen heading toward the mainland of Venezuela.—(A. and N.Z. •na Sydney "Sun.") - . ' COURTNEY DELAYED. gijp' ' ; THICK POG REPORTED. "■ ■ . ■ (British Official Wireless.) Blip' 1 - - - : _ S§fp>s; ■ _ B§llfrv; ' i "reived 12 noon.) RUGBY, September 6. Captain Courtney has again postponed departure on the next stage of his "1r" -Atlantic flight. A thick fog and electrical disturbances are reported beCoronna and the Azores. », : ' -i- '■ T foe pacific service. BOAT RECOMMENDED. |||?H LONDON, September 5. ! riS? "T' mes " says that the flying boat Sir Alan Cobham haß recora- < for the proposed New Zealand, and Pacific Islands service six. to eight passengers, it has a 3fe#r}P miles. The cabin is roomy, Ventilated and has large plateportholes so placed as to give -jtengers an extensive view from each also ample standing space.