THE WORLD FLIGHT.

Feilding Star, Volume 2, Issue 136, 27 March 1924, Page 5

THE WORLD FLIGHT.

BRITISH AVIATOR ON THE WAV. ;Bv Electrio Caole. —Copyright) lAußt. and N.Z. Cable Association). London, March 25. Squadron-Lea dec MaeLaren, in the flying boat Vulture, who had lefo Southampton on the commencement of hi.s proposed world flight, was be. fogged at Havre, and had to descend. (There is at present in progress a series of world flights. America is seeking "the Blue Ribbon of the Air with four competitors, who started a few days ago to girdle the earth. England i.j pinning her confidence in one competitor only.) (Received March 27, 9 a.m.) London, March 20. The Vulture resumed its flight' at 11 o'clock this morning. „ ': (Received March 27, 11 a.m.) London, March 20. Captain Maclaren, in a message from Havre, describe*; how hi.s world flight narrowly escaped disaster. At its inception, he started at a height o fOOO feet. He encountered a cloud and the mist grew thicker. He dropped to 300 feet, and then 160. Altering hi.s course:, he rose 100 feet. It was difficult to see anything. ' Suddenly the clifl'.s loomed ahead. They cleared the- clifiW only by a few feet, and landed in tbe sea. They taxied along the coast, and moored to a buoy at Havre.