AVIATION

Evening Star, Issue 19552, 10 May 1927, Page 5

AVIATION

TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT CAPTAIN NUHGESSER'S ATTEMPT ANXIETY IN AMERICA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, May 8., With no word received from Captain Nungesser particular anxiety is being felt for his safety. This is due to a United States weather bureau report of a storm covering a thousand-mile area in mid-Atlantic, which he must cross. Head winds from twenty-five to twenty-seven miles an hour are prevailing off the Newfoundland coast, and these, it is believed, will reach thirtv miles an hour by the time Captain Nungesser is expected. He is due to reach the American shore between 2 o’clock and 6 o’clock on Monday morning, and it is feared that he will encounter the most adverse conditions before then. WAITING FOR THE AIRMAN. HALIFAX, May 9. (Received May 10, at 9.30 a.m.) A message from Glace Bay (Nova Scotia) states that early this afternoon the Marconi wireless station here had not heard from any ship which had sighted Nungesser. The Canadian Government’s wireless station at Capo Race, Newfoundland, advised that no word of Nungesser had been received up to 10 o’clock this morning. Halifax is in wireless communication with_ all the Government stations in the North Atlantic, but they reported that they had heard nothing of the airmen.—A. and N.Z. and ‘ Sun ’ Cable. OFF NEWFOUNDLAND ALL GOING WELL. NEW YORK, May 9. (Received May 10, at 10 a.m.) A radio message to the French Cable Company from St. Pierre reports that Nungesser was seen passing Newfoundland, all well. LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 10.30 a.m.) Nungesser has passed Halifax. BAD CONDITIONS AT NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 9. (Received May 10, at 10.30 a.m.) As the hours passed without definite word tho anxiety increased for the safety of Nungesser and Coli when they wore two hours overdue. The New York weather could hardly have been woise for the conclusion of the flight. The fog was heavy, and the upper stories of the skyscrapers were invisible, while from the Battery such landmarks as Governor’s Island and the statue of Liberty could not be seen. The wind whipped the sea. Two tugs proceeded to meet the flyers should they appear, conveying the civic officials, a band, and prominent members of* the French colony, also, in case of emergency, a surgeon and first aid supplies for the aviators. It is estimated that they will bo here at the end of the thirty-eighth hour of their flight. They have only two hours’ supply of petrol left. WASHINGTON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 9.55 a.m.) The Navy Department reports that Nungesser passed Portland (Maine).— A. and N.Z. and ‘ Sun ’ cable. NEW YORK, May 9. (Received May 10, at 10 a.m.) The Portland coastguard is unaware that Nungesser’s plane was sighted. The one seen is believed to have been a United States scout piano returning from a search for the French aviators. In the middle of the afternoon a Boston naval communication reported that a plane, believed to have been Nungosser’s, passed Cape Elizabeth (Maine), flying south, at 3.55 this afternoon. THE SCHNEIDER GUP BRITAIN’S HOPE. LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 9.10 a.m.) Britain’s hope of recapturing the Schneider Cup rests with a new seaplane called the Crusader, the preliminary tests of which, at the request of the authorities, were secretly carried out by Mr Bert Hinkler during the week-end, and are being continued this week. There is every reason to expect that tho Crusader will attain a speed of 250 miles'an hour. the chief reason for the delay in Mr Hinkler's igiit to Australia. FATE OF ST. DOMAIN STILL A MYSTERY. LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 9.10 a.m.) A message from Havre states that a French liner picked up a wireless stating that the aviator St. Remain, was found at sea off the Cape Verde Islands. This is not confirmed. PARACHUTIST’S TRAGIC EXPERIENCE. ALGIERS, May 9. (Received May 10, at 9.30 a.m.) A Parisian parachutist, Madame Granduaux, had just jumped clear of an aeroplane and was sailing merrily to earth when she was horrified to see the plane crash from a height of 60ft and become wrecked. Her husband and the pilot were lulled instantly before her eyes. DR PINEDO’S FLIGHT. ARRIVAL AT BOSTON. NEW YORK, May 8. The Marchesc I)i Pinedo has arrived at Boston from New York in a new Slane. He had an uneventful journey, le was greeted by great crowds. BELGRADE TO BOMBAY AND BACK. BELGRADE, May 9. | (Received .May 10, at 10 a.m.) The airmen Sondermaycr and Radjak have completed a round trip—Belgrade to Bombay and back to Belgrade —in twelve stages. They started on April 20. They were welcomed by 50,000 people, and were presented with silver cups and bouquets. i