PACIFIC FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 16, 13 October 1927, Page 11

PACIFIC FLIGHT

CALIFORNIA TO AUSTRALIA LIEUTENANT SMITH AT SAN FRANCISCO BY Telbgbaph.— PßESS Association. CoPYRIGHi. (Rec. October 12, 7.25 p.m.) San Francisco, October 11. The Southern Cross landed in the Mills Field here, after a non-stop flight from Tacoma. Lieutenant Kingsford Smith piloted the airship, which carried four passengers. Smith was greeted by Anderson, Ulin, and Todd. October 18 has been set as the tentative date for the start of the flight to Australia. Smith has not yet decided whether to leave from Mills Field or Oakland Airport. ’ Honolulu, October 11. The United States Army authorities are planning all possible assistance for Smith and Wheeler Field, installing, a radio beacon for guidance in the air, and ground searchlights to help in landing, in addition to the use of mechanical facilities in the field. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA BY GOEBEL PLANNED San Francisco, October 11. A". Milani and other friends of Art Goebel, the winner of. the Dole flight to Hawaii, are planning a flight for Goebel from California to Australia next spring. Milani declared thal the sured. He said: “We have already discussed the flight with Goebel. He is anxious to go. We shall make long and careful preparations to avoid any possibility of disaster. Probably we shall not be ready until April or May\ An amphibian ’plane will be used, but the exact tvpe is not decided. The route will include Honolulu, but subsequent points remain to be determined by the pilot and navigator. NEW YORK TO PARIS AMERICAN WOMAN AS COPILOT New York, October 11. The American Girl, a. single-engined monoplane, carrying Miss Ruth Elder and Captain George Haldeniann, copilots, hopped off from Roosevelt Field for a non-stop flight via the Maine coast and Nova Scotia, on the Lindbergh route to Paris. BRITISH FLYING BOATS’ TOUR TO START ON MONDAY Rugby, October 11. Tlie four Roval Air Force large flying boats which are to visit the Far East on a 25,000 miles’ tour leave Felixstowe, where they have been equipped, on Friday for Plymouth, whence the cruise will start on Mondav. The programme occupies nearly two years.—British Official Wireless. CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BY AUTOGYRO (Rec. October 12, 10.35 p.m.) London, October 11. Senor de la Cierva, the inventor of the Autogyro machine, which is able to land and take off in a very confined space, accompanied by a passenger, made the first Autogyro cross-country flight from Hamble to Winchester. The Autogyro has hitherto been confined to aerodromes, but a satisfactory bearing for the revolving arms enables ‘extended flights. De la Cierva is planning a ten-passenger machine, in which tlie Air Ministry is interested. It proposes a flight with Sir . Sefton Brancker as a passenger, landing on the Horse Guards Parade.—Sydney “Sun” Cable.