FORGING AHEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 238, 9 October 1933, Page 7

FORGING AHEAD.

"SMITHY" PUSHES ON.

Already Broken One Record on

Homeward Flight. AKYAB, BURMA, REACHED. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) RANGOON, October S. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith continues to make rapid progress on his flight to Australia. After leaving Gwandar, where he stopped after leaving Bagdad, ho proceeded to Karachi and landed there at 0.35 yesterday morning.' The airman was not feeling well and said he needed a rest. He stayed at Karachi till 2.30 p.m. and then left for Jodhpur to spend the night there.

■ He landed at Joctlipur last evening and left there early this morning for Akj'ab, Burma, cutting out the stop at Calcutta. Latest advices state that

"Smithy" arrived at Akyab and is continuing to-morrow at daybreak. He is still ahead cf the schedule of Mr. C. W. A. Scott's record flight.

Sir Charles hopes to arrive at Wyndham on Wednesday. His flj'ing time to Karachi was a little over 70 hours. This is a new light aeroplane record, for the journey from England to India.

The present record for the England to ■Australia flight, held by Mr. Scott, the English flyer, is 8 days 20 hours 34 minutes. If "Smithy" reaches Darwin on Wednesday he will have chopped a day off the record. ITALIAN'S CLAIM. SPEED RECORD BROKEN. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 8. Flying a 2500 horse-power Macchi Fiat seaplane, Colonel Fassinelli claims to have achieved 625 kilometres an hour at Ancona, breaking the record of FlightLieutenant Boothman of 551 kilometres an hour, made at Spithead in 1931. It is officially stated that Colonel Fassinelli averaged 395.32 miles an hour. MOLLISONS' FLIGHT. DEFINITELY ABANDONED. TORONTO, October S. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison will not attempt a long-distance flight from Wasaga Beach this year. The plan has been definitely abandoned-