ATLANTIC FLYERS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 224, 18 June 1929, Page 11

ATLANTIC FLYERS

THE YELLOW BIRD ARRIVES AT LE BOURGET

STOWAWAY COMPLETES JOURNEY (United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Australian Press Assn. —United Service. Paris, June 16. The trans-Atlantic aeroplane Yellow Bird, with Pilots Assolant and Lefevre, sponsor Lotti, and stowaway, Schreiber, has arrived at Le Bourget Aerodrome. , , (United Service.) London, June 16. The Yellow Bird took off from Comillas and landed later at Minizan, short of petrol. The machine was unable to leave Comillas with a heavy load, because of the rough ground. The aviators say that they saw the sea only three times when crossing the Atlantic. It did not seem as if they were crossing the ocean at all. “CROSSING NOT A JOKE” Australian Press Association. (Rec. June 17, 10.10 p.m.) 7 Paris, June 17. Pilot Assolant says he discovered the stowaway Schreiber ten minutes after the start It was a very rough, stormy journey. Schreiber sometimes got anxious and handed from the cockpit notes in crude French asking how they were getting on. The pilots kept to one stereotyped answer, “It’s all right.” Schreiber, in an interview, said: “This crossing business is not a joke. It thrilled me to see the way the airmen found their way from clouds and fog.” FLIGHT OF SOUTHERN CROSS % START PROBABLE ON THURSDAY Sydney, June 17. Kingsford Smith made further tests with the Southern Cross this morning. Later Ulm said: “Provided we are quite ready, we will leave on Thursday.”

CANBERRA FLIES OVER KOOKABURRA

(Rec. June 17, 7.55 p.m.)

Sydney, June 17.

The air liner Canberra, with the Ministerial party aboard for Central Australia, flew over the ill-fated Kookaburra yesterday. Pilot Holden later landed at Wavehill and informed the wireless authorities that the graves of Anderson and Hitchcock appeared to be undisturbed, the Thornycroft lorry party apparently not having reached the scene. The Wavehill authorities told Captain Holden that the lorry party expected to reach tho Kookaburra on Tuesday. SCHULTZ KILLED HOLDER OF GLIDING ' RECORD (United Service.) Berlin, June 16. Ferdinand Schultz, the world’s record holder for a distance flight in a glider aeroplane, was killed with a companion when they were flying in connection with the unveiling of a war memorial at Stuhm on the Vistula in East Prussia.