SUSTAINED FLIGHT

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 9

SUSTAINED FLIGHT

ST. LOUIS ROBIN ORDERED TO DESCEND PREVIOUS RECORD BEATEN BY A WEEK (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Australian Press Assn.—United Service. St. Louis, July 30. The aeroplane St Louis Robin at noon to-day had been flying for 413 hours (IT days 5 hours). The sponsor of the flight, Mr. Robertson, called the flyers down, but there was no response. The airmen in question, Dale Jackson and Forest O’Brien, are getting 2073 dollars for each 24 hours they exceed the old record. [The previous record was made by the monoplane Angeleno at Culver City, California. The time was 10 days 6 hours 43 minutes.] (Rec. July 31, 9.30 p.m.) New York, July 30. The St. Louis Robin landed at 7.38 to-night, after flying 420 hours 21 minutes. WINGS OF THE SOVIET ARRIVAL AT CROYDON Australian Press Assn—United Service. London, July 30. The Russian aeroplane Wings of the Soviet has been repaired and arrived at Croydon. The first Russian ’plane in England since the war was greeted with Russian cheers by fellow-country-men. [A message in yesterday’s issue stated that the aeroplane had crashed and been completely wrecked in France, but the crew were not injured. The machine was touring European capitals. When it was announced from Moscow that in response to an invitation from the Royal Aero Club the Wings of the Soviet was visiting London, the club denied it had extended an invitation. Neither the Air Ministry nor the Foreign Ministry had any information about it.]