BRITISH AVIATORS

Evening Star, Issue 20996, 9 January 1932, Page 13

BRITISH AVIATORS

TREATMENT IN TURKEY MR MOLLISON'S COMPLAINT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copy.iglit LONDON, January 8. The aeronautical correspondent of f The Times ’ says: “Mr Mollison has returned. He will start a new attempt on the Cape record at the end of the month, flying non-stop to Brindisi (1,200 miles), thence non-stop to Khartum (1,250 miles), after which ho will follow the usual route. He hopes to do the journey in 102 hours, or one day inside Miss Salaman’s time. He says he planned this route to avoid Turkey, over which he has no wish to fly again after his experiences at Konia. He made a descent there 1 because he was chilled in a snowstorm and bitter winds, and he hoped for a comfortable night. On the contrary, he was surrounded by soldiers and marched to an hotel, where he was imprisoned in a room and refused food and a fire until midnight, after which he was accused of spying because he did not possess an authorisation to fly. The authorities would not permit communication with the British Embassy at Angora for three days, and refused to protect the plane. Finally, they permitted him to go to Aleppo by train, where he obtained a permit to fly. On his return he found that the plane had been stripped of the instruments and the dashboard, and part of the floor had been torn up. He urges that it is time that representations were made to the Turks in respect to the treatment of aviators.” —London f Times ’ Cable.