WAY OF THE AIR.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 11, 14 January 1929, Page 7

WAY OF THE AIR.

LINDBERG H'S PLANS. Cruise Of Central America In Big 'Plane. BLAZING TRAIL FOR AIR MAIL (Australian and S.Z. rres; Association < NT.W VOliK. .1,.,,,,,,-t IX Colonel I.ir.db.rji .ivivuiur- ilmt on Fi'l.ruary -3 lie w\}) ~t ; » T -ona iv> -t:... T• 0. ciuis<» of loiitial An;eii,a. in a twinii.otmed >ik<<i-ky amphibian 'piano Ha will eany mail in.in Miami, Fl.-rida. to t'ri>ti»lial and tin- Panama Canal zon,\ blazing tin- trail for an air mail routo to Iμ* inaugurated by the pan-Anicricau Airway*, liirnrjmrciUil.

In future. (■..10m-l I.inJb,-i»h will he technical advi>er To the lailcr organisation ainl it, afliliatcd com panics.

AERIAL EXPLOITS.

HINKLER WINS BY ONE VOTE. (Auslralian and N.Z. Press Association.) I'AKLS. January 13. Squailroii-Loadcr C". E. Smith. Sir HuU-rt Wilkin-. St-nor de !a ("ior>a <i lit- inventor of the autogiro), M. C'o>t<*« (the Frenchman who flow round the world) and Sipnor Frrrarin (tin- Italian who flow from Italy to Brazil) each received only one vote less than Mr. Bert Hinkler for the gold medal which awarded br the International Aeronautical Federation for the line-t aerial exploit of the Year.

Hinklor gained ilie modal for his flipht from England lo Australia la*t rear.

FLIGHT ROUND WORLD.

PRIZE FOR FIRST NON-STOP. (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) NEW YORK, Januarv 13.

The "Denver Post ? ' lias offered a prize of £10.000 for the fir*t non-stop flight around the world in an aeroplane."** nearly as possible along the 40th parallel. The flight must commence aud end at Deliver.

MOTH CRASHES.

SENSATION AT MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, January 13. A Moth 'plane crashed at Port Melbourne and was hadly damaged. The pilot and a woman passenger were not hurt, and refused to give their names.