LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 120, 14 February 1920, Page 7

LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS

'-•-.ROSS SMITH NEARINGSYDNEY. ;■ ' Sydney,-February 13. ' 'Sir-Ross Smith, who has. completed repairs to h'is'aefoplane, arrived' at'Bourkofrom CharleVillo after an'-- uneventful flight of.-four-hours.—Press Assn, .- (Rec.; February 13,10.5 p:in.) Sydney,, February .13. Sir Ross Smith has .reached,. Nafromondc,"where he had a great-reception. He has arranged a landing at Mascot'on .Saturday morning —Press Assn.. ... WRECK OF AFRICAN COMPETITOR.: ' (Roc. February 13,. 5.5 p.m.) , ■ Cairo, February 12. ■ The : crows 1 .'of the-'.South African-aero-plane Silver : Queen, ■ which was wrecked near Wadi Haifa' when attempting a flight from Cairo' to Cape Town/ had a fortunate escapo with their lives. They crashed in tho darkness of .early-morning "at. a point where the ground was strewn with large granite boulders—Am-N.Z. .'Cftbiq^esn.'.' ' '.' ANOTHER MISHAP. , v ; ®ec.. Fcbrjiary 14, 0.5 a.ni.) / .-, :• Cairo, February;.l2. ■ ■Water troublo compelled]the Victors machine," 'competing in. the; Cniro-Capo fliljht, to descend in a dry swamp, whero it-is impossible to-;.mako repairs. The airmen' have returned to Jebelein to overhaul" their engines— Aus.-N.Z. Cable ASSII.