AIR PROJECT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268, 12 November 1934, Page 7

AIR PROJECT.

CHEERING CROWD. Welcome to Scott and Black At Sydney. DANISH FLYERS ARRIVE. P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 1 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. The winners of the Centenary air race, Mr. C. W. A. Black and Captain T. Campbell Black, arrived by train from Melbourne this morning and were greeted at the railway station by a vast cheering crowd. The aviators proceeded through the city by car and were vociferously acclaimed all along the route. Official calls were paid to the Governor, Sir Philip Came, and the Premier, Mr. B. S. Stephens, after which they attended a State luncheon given in their honour. The Danish airmen, Messrs. Hansen and Jensen, who finished eighth in the race, arrived in Sydney by air from Melbourne in the course of a flight home.

EN ROUTE TO CANADA. Ulni's Plans for Flight Across Pacific. MACHINE NOT YET TESTED. LONDON, November 11. Mr. C. T. P. Ulm left for Canada by the liner Ascania. His aeroplane is aboard the liner. He stated that the loading tests have not been completed, mainly owing to the factory's late delivery. Mr. Ulm said it was essential for him to travel by the Ascania because she was the last ship to go to Canada before the river freezes, and consequently he will complete his tests in Canada at the company's risk, accepting the machine only if the trials are successful. Mr. Ulm says he hopes to arrive in Australia via Vancouver, Fanning Island, Samoa and Auckland, on November 27. SHARP NOTE. U.S. Protest to Persia Regarding Air Race Flyers. DISCOURTESY CHARGED. WASHINGTON, November 11. In a sharply worded Note the United States yesterday protested to Persia regarding that country's reported discourtesy to Messrs. J. H. Wright and J. Polando during the Melbourne air race.

"The lack of consideration shown to these flyers under the exceptionally difficult circumstances in which they were placed," says the Note, "has made a most unfavourable impression in the United States."

Messrs. Wright and Polando made a forced landing in Persia. They were later arrested in spite of the fact that their passports had been visaed by the Persian Legation in London. Their release was ultimately effected by two English residents.

AN IDLE COMET?

PLANS OF THE MOLLISONS

(Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, November 11. Accompanied by Mr. Reginald Pearson, who had relinquished his seat in an air liner to Mrs. Mollison, Mr. J. A. Mollison arrived at Lympne in his de Havilland Comet from" Brussels. The airman corroborates his wife's earlier denial of a quarrel. He adds that they are determined not to let their fine aeroplane merely remain in its hangar, but they will not yet disclose their future plans. ACTION SETTLED. SUIT AGAINST "SMITHY." LOS ANGELES. November 11. Mr. Thomas R. Catton's suit against Sir Charles Kingsford Smith for alleged debt was settled out of Court, for what Mr. Catton's attorneys said was a satisfactory sum. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's lawyer, Mr. Leo Goodwin, however, said the sum was a nominal one.