AVIATION

Evening Star, Issue 17368, 2 June 1920, Page 4

AVIATION

HINCKLER'S LONE FLIGHT. Pre*g Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 31. Hinckler is the Australian who was debarred from competing for the £IO,OOO prize in a Sopwith machine on the ground that his scheme involved too many risks. He has been connected vritu the Avro works at Southampton for some time, and" has never abandoned his intention to attempt a flight to Australia. Ho has nowstarted as a sporting venture, hoping to be the first man to reach Australia in a single-seater. The aoroplane, which is a baby Avro, won a sealed handicap in the" Aerial Derby. It has a range of 200 miles, and fli€3 78 miles an hour, using a Green engine of 35 horso power. His most daring proposition is the attempt to cross large stretches of water; but Hinckler, who is a bit of a sport, believes he will reach Australia eventually. He left the Waddon aerodrome in excellent weather. Hinckler fitted extra petrol tanks to his baby Avro, and hopes thus to obtain an eight to ten hours' continuous flight. He does not expect to get beyond Egvpt at present owing to the prevailing unrest in Syria and Mesopotamia- He "hopes to reach Rome on the firs# day, goinc via Paris, Lyons, and £enoa. if unable to fiy over Syria, ho will make a leisurely tonr into Central Africa. ITALIANS REACH TOKIO - TOKIO, May 31. Masiero and Ferrari, the Italian aviators, have completed their flight from Rome, arriving afc Tokio to-day.