FLIGHT TO INDIA.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18947, 11 March 1927, Page 12

FLIGHT TO INDIA.

ATTEMPT AT NON-STOP RECORD. A NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN. (UT CABLE-rSESS ASSOCUTICK-COFTKIGHT.) OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBI, March 9 Two officers of the Royal Air Force, Lieutenant G. R. Carr, a New Zealandcr, and Lieutenant Gillman, will make an attempt to create a long-dis-tance non-stop flying record. Tliey will leave Cranwell, Lincolnshire, in a 7000 h.p. aeroplane, fitted to carry over ICOO gallons of petrol, and capable, it is stated, of remaining in the air for 48 hours, and of travelling at a minimum of 100 miles an hour. Officially tliey will be bound for an unknown destination, as far eastward as possible. Unofficially they will be. making for India, and attempting the quickest journey to India. Air experts think that Carr and Gillman may reach Karachi, or perhaps Delhi, and that, if they have tne very best of luck, they may get to Calcutta, a distance of about SCOO miles. It is hoped in any event that they will be able to fly to India in 48 hours. The present non-stop record is 3315 miles, set up last October by two Frenchmen, who flew from Paris to Persia in 32 hours. Lieutenant Carr has been flying since 1916. He served with distinction during the war, and participated as an aviator in the Shacklctou Antarctic Expedition.