"SMITHY'S" PROGRESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 237, 7 October 1933, Page 9

"SMITHY'S" PROGRESS.

EN ROUTE TO KARACHI. (Received 9.30 a.m.) BAGDAD, October 6. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, who is flying to Australia, and left here for Karachi at 11 a.m., landed at Gwadar at 6 p.m. He will stay the night there, and expects to reach Karachi to-morrow morning. ANOTHER ATTEMPT. TRENCH DISTANCE FLYERS. (Received 10 a.m.) CALCUTTA, October 6. The French flyers Assolant and Lefevre, who landed at Karachi from Oran, Algiers, after flying 4100 miles and were forced down owing to insufficient petrol to enable them to fly all night to break the world's long-distance non-stop record, have left for Algiers to prepare for a fresh start. 'PLANE LOSES ENGINE. SEQEL TO BROKEN BLADE. (Received 1.30 p.m.) BAGDAD, October 6. A tri-motored Fokker aeroplane belonging to a French air line shook off its starboard engine when a propeller blade broke and started a terrific vibration, as the 'plane was taking off from Saigon for Paris. The passengers, who included Major White, the English ex-county cricketer, escaped injury. FOR AUSTRALIA. ULM PLANS TO LEAVE. LONDON, October 6. The famous Australian airman, Mr. C. T. P. Ulm, who has given up his attempt to fly the Atlantic this season, plans to leave England for Australia at midnight on October 11, if he can overcome certain minor difficulties.

There will then be five Australian National Airways pilots flying to Australia simultaneously—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Mr. Blosse, Mr. Ulm, Captain P. G. Taylor and Mr. G. U. ("Scotty") Allen.