OVER EVEREST

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1933, Page 7

OVER EVEREST

SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT HOUSTOX- AEROPLANES DIFFICULT PHOTOGRAPHY INCOMPLETE AIR SURVEY,

1 (Times Cable.) LONDON, April 4. The two aeroplanes of the Houston Mt. Everest Flight Expedition,, piloted respectively by SquadronLeader Lord Clydesdale and FlightLieutenant D. F. Mclntyre, have conquered the world's highest mountain,clearing its summit by over 100 feet. The mountain is just over 29,000 feet" high. In a copyright message "The Times'.' aeronautical correspondent at Purnea says:— "The flight over Everest wag accomplished in. exactly' three hours, with no more fuss than a service flight in England. , ' "The only mishap was. a fracture of the cinematographer '% (Mr. S. E. Bbnnett) oxygen pipe over the summit, which was not noticed until faintnesa, and violent stomach pains compelled him to sit down in. the cockpit. Tying his handkerchief ov<er the fracture, he soon recovered sufficiently to continue photographing. ■ ... . "The air survey was unsatisfactory because both cameras failed for part of the flight. Nevertheless, they produced magnificent photographs of the crest of Everest and surrounding peaks, including a close-up view of the entire mountain peak, showing the main southern slopes and the final ridgs where the climbers Mallory and Irvina lost their lives, also the summit itself. "Lord Clydesdale said that both aeroplanes flew over the summit of Everest at 10.5 a.m. TJhey .felt no bumps. They flew for a quarter of aa hour in the vicinity of the summit." •