AVIATION

Evening Star, Issue 20864, 6 August 1931, Page 9

AVIATION

CHICHESTER'S FLIGHT Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 5, (Received August 6, at 1 a.m.) Captain Chichester passed over Karenko and Taihoku and landed at Tamsui, in North-western Formosa, this afternoon. (Received Augut 6, at 10 a.m.) Captain Chichester, interviewed, stated that he was delayed owing to slight damage to a float. He is leaving for Shanghai at 7 o’clock to-morrow morning. PANGHORN AND HERNDON NEW YORK, August 5. (Received August G, at 10 a.m.) The Panghorn and Herndon flight headquarters received ( a' cable to-day from Herndon, in Khabarovsk (Siberia) definitely announcing that an attempt will be made to fly non-stop from Tokio to Seattle. An extra tank will bo put in the plane at Tokio. COLONEL LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT VANCOUVER, August 5. (Received August 6, at 10 a.m.) A message from Aklavik (North West Territories) states that Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh landed there at 6.5 a.m. to-day, completing their 1,100-mile hop in eleven and a-half hours. Every resident of the busy little Arctic hamlet on the delta of the Mackenzie River cheered the fliers. They will probably remain overnight before proceeding to Port Barrow (Alaska). MISS AMY JOHNSTON TOKIO, August 5. (Received August 6, at 10 a.m.) Miss Amy Johnson has arrived at Keijo.