AMERICAN'S ATTEMPT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 130, 5 June 1933, Page 7

AMERICAN'S ATTEMPT.

Lone Airman from New York Seen Over West Ireland. MOSCOW FIRST SCHEDULE STOP (Received 1 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 4. Mr. James J. Mattern left New York at 4.20 a.m. yesterday on,a solo flight around (lie world. His first stop possibly will be at Moscow. Tho airman had six oranges as his sole food supply. After reaching Moscow ho proposes to stop at Yakutsk, Siberia; Nome and Fairbanks, Alaska; and Edmonton, Alberta. A message from St. John's, Newfoundland, stated that Mr. Mattern passed over Lewis Porte 7 hours 10 minutes after leaving New York. The distance is 1000 miles. The airman was reported as having been sighted at Clare, Ireland, but there lias been no news of him since.

NARROW ESCAPE Parachutist Blown Out to Sea in Making Descent. LIFESAVER'S PLUCKY RESCUE. (Received 10.30 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. When making a parachute descent from an aeroplane at a height of 2500 feet at the South port carnival, A. Milne was- caught by a strong wind and was carried half a mile out to sea. The surf boat was launched and the reel rushed from the beach, and after a great swim through a heavy sea a lifesaver reached tho parachutist, who was brought safely ashore.