FLYERS RESCUED

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 287, 4 September 1928, Page 11

FLYERS RESCUED

MISSING ATLANTIC AIRMEN DRIVEN DOWN ON ICE BY STORM FOUND BY EXPEDITION IN GREENLAND The Atlantic flyers, Bert. Hassell and Parker Cramer, who it was feared were lost, have been discovered alive and well in Greenland, (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) (Rec. September 3, 9.15 p.m.) New York, September 3. News from Mount Evans, Greenland, stales that the pilots Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, who were believed to have been lost with the ’plane Greater Rockford, en route to Stockholm from Rockford, Illinois, have been discovered alive and well by members of the University of Michigan Greenland Expedition. The flyers, who were driven from their course by a storm, were forced to descend on the Sukkertoppen ice arm on August 19, after which they set out on foot for civilisation, rationing each with eight ounces of pemmican a day. By the merest coincidence Eskimos sighted a distress fire signal started by the flyers, and reported to the University Expedition. The news was received exclusively by the “New York Times” within two minutes of the resCU [Hassell and Cramer commenced the second leg of their trans-Atlantic flight by the northern route, the 1600-mile hop to Mount Evans, Greenland, on August IS. The ’plane was equipped with radio, which would be the flyers’ only communication with civilisation on the flight over barren territory. The airmen were expected to land early on Sunday, and a message stating that they were long overdue was regarded ns sounding the knell of the flight and the ’plane.] THE LEVINE-BOLL PARTY WAITING AT LE BOURGET FOR CHANCE TO START (Rec. September 3, 9.15 p.m.) London, September 3. Charles Levine, Miss 8011, and Acosta are waiting at Le Bourget for a chance to start on the flight to America. Levine says: “I will have to let Mabel go with Acosta, unless we get away on Monday. I must be in America on September 10. Anyway, the other two will simply await a favourable moment.” Levine adds: “I asked Llyod’s to insure both the aeroplane and the party, but the request was refused. I then reversed the proposition and offered to bet Lloyd's £lO,OOO that the ’plane would reach New York. Lloyd’s have not replied.” NEW DURATION RECORD (Australian Press Assn.—United Service.) Paris, September 2. Maurice Finat started from Le Bourget yesterday in a cabined monoplane to beat Captain Broad’s twenty-four hours' duration record for light aeroplanes. Finat remained in the air 24 hours 36 minutes. He had sufficient petrol for another six hours when he landed. GERMANS START FOR PEKING .(Australian Press A?sn.—United Service.! Berlin, September 2. The German aviators Risticz and Zimmerman, the creators of the standing endurance record, Started to-day from Dessau on a non-stop flight, aiming at Peking, via Vladivostok. RAF. FLYING BOATS (Rec. September 3, 10.55 p.m.) Wcltevreden, September 3. The four Royal Air Force flyingboats have arrived at Bima. COMMERCIAL 'PLANE FOR AUSTRALIA - FITTED WITH SLOTTED WINGS (Rec, September 3, 9.15 p.m.) London, September 3. A successful test has been made of a de Haviland 61 destined for Australia, the first commercial aeroplane fitted with the slotted wings safety device.