WORLD FLIGHT

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1924, Page 7

WORLD FLIGHT

MACLAREN’S ENGINE ‘DAMAGED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) DELHI, April 27. Maclaren was forced to land at Parlie, owing to serious damage to his engine. THE AMERICAN ATTEMPT. TOKIO, April 28. Advices from Paramushiru state that the American fliers expected to arrive on Thursday from Attu, according to official word from them, but conditions through snowstorms are uncertain. The winds are' heavy, and fogs and the freezing temperature portend difficulties.

RIVAL COMPETITORS.

LONDON, April 28.

The experts are 01 opinion that a recurrence of gear trouule may induce Maclaren to instal a standard air force engine from a service machine at India or the Mesopotamian depots. The difficulty of such installation is not insuperable, though weeks must elapse while the necessary structural alterations were carried out.

Lieutenant Doisy, who played international Rugby under the name of Pivalo, is using a 370-h.p. engine. His mechanic is Bernard Westin, a former racing cyclist. Doisy’s route is Allahabad, Rangoon, Saigon, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki and Tokio. Portuguese airmen, have arrived at Bagdad. The Lisbon people are enthusiastically subscribing to a fund to enable them to carry on round the globe. 4: GERMAN ENTERPRISE. LONDON, April 28. Its Berlin correspondent informs the “Daily Chronicle” that Germany, despite everything, is determined to be the central point of Europe’s air travel. German aeroplanes in 1923 carried 28,801 passengers, compared with British 11,947, and French 7361. The German aero Lloyd, in conjunction with the British, Dutch, Danish and Russian concerns from May 1, will be running six services, namely, Berlin to London, Rotterdam to Hamburg, Copenhagen and Malmo, Hamburg to Hanovei, Berlin and Moscow, and Hamburg to Copnehagen.