AERIAL THRILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 3 November 1933, Page 7

AERIAL THRILL.

'Plane Lands in London Park Mid Throng of People. PILOT'S CLEVER MANOEUVRE. (Received 1 p.in.) LONDON, November 2. When the engine of a Bulldog Fighter failed over London, the pilot was horrified to find that the only, possible landing place was Streatham Common, on which 400 people had congregated, including many children in perambulators. The airman's difficulty was intensified when he saw the people scattering in different directions, failing to understand his landing signal.

One woman drew the baby's attention to the approaching machine and the baby shouted in glee just as the machine landed. It swerved violently to avoid a perambulator, overturned and was wrecked and the pilot was not hurt. NORTHERN ROUTE. British Transatlantic Air Service. AGREEMENT REACHED. ST. JOHNS, November 2. The Prime Minister of Newfoundland, Mr. F. C. Aldcrdice, stated that the Governments of Britain, Canada and Newfoundland had reached an agreement with regard to a proposed transatlantic air service. He said the terms could not be disclosed at present, but they were satisfactory to all wlio had participated in the conference in St. Johns last summer.

Mr. Alderdice said he could not state when the service would be established. He felt certain that a transatlantic air base would be developed eventually in N ewf oundland.

The proposed route is from Liverpool by way of Northern Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Montreal, there to link up with the American and Canadian cities to the Pacific coast.

AERIAL SURVEY.

Costly American Project in Pacific. WATCH ON JAPANESE? LONDON, November 2. The "Daily Herald" says the United States at a cost of £100,000 is preparing for a big aerial survey of the Pacific Islands. Nominally the purpose is to collect geographical and scientific information, but in reality it is to find out what the Japanese are doing, as the United States Government is thoroughly alarmed at the persistent reports of fortified naval submarine and air bases in the Bonin, Marianne and Pelew Islands.

If fortifications are discovered it will be a flagrant breacli of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty. The survey is likely to occupy a year.

RUMOUR DENIED. JAPANESE FORTIFICATIONS. (Received 11 a.m.) GENEVA, November 2. The Japanese delegate informed the Mandates Commission that it was not true that Japan was fortifying tb« mandated islands of the Pacific.