TASMAN FLIGHT.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 7

TASMAN FLIGHT.

AIRMEN REACH ADELAIDE. A GOOD NIGHT FLIGHT. (UKJTED PRESS ASSOCIATIpK—BY BLECTB.IC (deceived August 27th, 5.5 p.m.) ADELAIDE, August 27. The Southern Cross has arrived from Western Australia. Squadron-Leader Kingsford SniitJa and his companions were officially welcomed by the Government. Cm Hh Squadron-Leader Kingsford &mith stated that it was the best; night.flight he had ever made, and added that M hoped to commence his flight to *ew Zealand, nest week—Australian iress Association. A RECKLESS CHALLENGE. SENT TO PACIFIC FLYERS.

SYDNEY, August 27. A challenge to an air race across the Tasman Sea was issued during the week-end by Mara Brupdal, on behalt of Lieutenant Ray Parer and Lexvus Burlington, to..the Southern Cross flyers. ' A telegram announcing the challenge was sent by Mr Bnindal to Adelaide, fpr delivery to Squadron-Leader riingsford Smith and Flight-Lieutenant <J. T P, Mm upon their arrivali trwp West Australia. One of the conditions of the challenge is that neither navigators nor radio operators be employee!. Mr Brundai's men would use the Kyau one-engined monoplane, now m oom> with which Captain Moody intended to carry out aerial operations in N« w Guinea. Mr Brundal declared that ms men were prepared to show the world that flying to New Zealand was not unduly dangerous.—Australian Press Association [Ray Parer was attached to the Royal Australia Flying Corps. In the latter part-of the war he wps employee, as a test pilot. At the close ot hostilities he and a companion (Mo. Intosh) bought an old D.H. 'plane, and, after many adventures, flew tQ Australia. The D.H. petrol tanks could not hold enough petrol for the trip across Timor Strait, but nothing daunted the intrepid pair rigged UP petrol tins on top of their wings arid succeeded in landing at Darwin. MC" Intosh was killed in a smash in west* ern Australia about 12 months, after the historic flight, Parer has since started and, according to accounts, has made a success of a. P' a service connecting the goldfields in ]New Guinea,, Parer's father is a welk known business man in Melbourne.] "RIDICULOUS." CAPTAIN FINDLAY'S VIEWt Captain J. L. Findlay, of the Wig; ram Aerodrome, Sookburn, expressed the opinion last evening that the cha> lepge reported to have been issued tp Captain Kingsford Smith in connexion with the flight across the Tasman to New Zealand was ridiculous, "In mj case," he said, "the Australian authors ties would not permit the use of the monoplane referred to,"