SCHNEIDER TROPHY CONTEST.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20316, 15 August 1931, Page 15

SCHNEIDER TROPHY CONTEST.

! * ~ ORDER OF FLYING. | BRITAIN DRAWS FIRST PLACE. IBitrnsa official -wiitfiLiiSs.) (Received August 14th, 5.5 p.m.) 11UGBY, August 13. Jr. the presence of the French and Italian air attaches and the chairman of tho Schneider Trophy Committee, tho draw for the starting order of the machines in the Schneider race on September 12tli took placo at the Royal Aero Club to-dny, and resulted as follows : Great Britain '■ Franco ... Italy i 5. One machine or each country will start in that order, and the second and third machines will follow in the same order. The Italian team is expected to arrive at Calshot during the week-end. FRANCE'S SECRET SEAPLANE. j ENGINE DAMAGED IN LEST. (.Received August 14th, 8.45 p.m.) PARIS. August 14. A disaster which lias overtaken France's 1931. secret 2000-horse-power Lorraine Schneider seaplane has considerably impaired this country s chances in ,the trophy race. While tlie engine was out on the testingground Working with a full throttle it suddenly stopped with a tearing* grinding sound, but exact details aro riot: available. It was fortunate that tlie. machino was not aloft at the time, otherwise another tragedy could not have been avoided. MR CHICHESTER. JAPANESE AUTHORITIES SUSPICIOUS. TOKIO, August 13. .' Because he took 10 hours to make tho flight from Shanghai to Kagoshima, which ordinarily takes five hours, the local authorities are questioning Mr Chichester to determine whether he landed en route. A WELCOME ASSURED. LANDING ON NAVAL AIRFIELD. (Received August 14th, 10 p.m.) TOKIO, August 14. Mr F. C. Chichester left Kagoshima at. 10,25 this morning, en route to the Kasumigura Naval Airfield,' 50 miles northward of Tokio. He will probably refuel on the Katsuura coast, 100 miles south of Osaka. Ho is at Kasumigura at seven this evening. I-Ie will be welcomed by the Japanese naval authorities. He will then rest a few days before _ proceeding to America, via th© Ituriles and Alaska. Although last evening's examination failed to explain clearly the reasons of delay ir. his flight from Shanghai, the authorities allowed Mr Chichester to continue, reserving further enquiries till later. ! —■ — J ARRIVAL AT KATSUURA. (Received August 14fch, 11.35 p.m.) OSAKA, August 14. Chichester arrived at Katsuura this afternoon. He departs for Tokio tomorrow. A FLOATING BODY SIGHTED. ■ • ('Received August .14th, 9.20 p.m.) OSLO, August 13. A iishing vessel reported sighting a body floating upright in a live-saving jacket, twenty or thirty miles northwest of the Shetland Islands. The weather prevented close approach. It is feared that it may be tho missing aviator Cramer's body.