NIGHT AND DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 141, 17 June 1935, Page 7

NIGHT AND DAY.

CONTINUOUS FLYING.

£1,000,000 to be Spent on Air

Route to Australia. CHAIN OF 'DROMES IN INDIA. (United T.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 12.30 p.m:> LONDON, June 16. The "Sketch" says that over £1,000,000 will be spent in the next two years equipping the England to Australia air route for continuous night and day flying in preparation for the inauguration in 1937. A speeding-up scheme of work has commenced at Karachi, where an enormous floodlight is being erected on a steel tower. It will light an area of 10,000 square yards equal to daylight. Karachi will also have a beacon, which will be visible 100 miles away. Electric boundary lights will also be instated to facilitate landing. Similar plans are in course of preparation for Allahabad, Calcutta and Rangoon, and the chain of aerodromes in Siam will be increased. STRANGE COINCIDENCE. TWO AUTOGYROS DAMAGED. (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day. By a strange coincidence, two similar accidents happened to autogyros yesterday in Sydney and Melbourne. In a strong, gusty wind at Mascot aerodrome, a new autogyro overturned on landing, smashing the rotor. The pilot was uninjured. A strong gust of wind struck an autogyro at Essendon aerodrome, overturning it, also smashing the rotor. The machine was at rest at the time. The pilot was unhurt. STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT. POST'S THIRD TRIP FAILS. (Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 10. A message from Wichita, Kansas, states that Mr. Wiley Post's third attempted trans-continental stratosphere flight failed. He made a forced landing there through motor trouble after having flown from Los Angeles. FAST FLYING. GERMAN JUNKERS 'PLANE. (Received 12 noon.) BERLIN, June 10. A remarkable flying record has been established by an ordinary threeengined Junkers passenger machine, which journeyed from Cairo to Berlin, 2000 miles, in 21 hours, including landings at Athens and Budapest.- The Bremen covered the 700 miles from Cairo to Athens in four hours.