AVIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 July 1929, Page 5

AVIATION

ENDURANCE RECORD. 'Australian Press Association.) (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Recd. July 31, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 30. The airplane St. Louis Robin had been up for 413 hours at noon. The sponsor of the flight , Mr Robertson, called the fliers down, but there was no response. AMERICAN TRAGEDY. NEW YORK, July 29. A Minneapolis message states that the aviator Haughland (injured in an endurance flight attempt) died in hospital. SOVIET MACHINE WRECKED LONDON, July 30. The flight of the Russian aeroplane “Wings of Soviet,” which is shrouded in mystery, has ended in disaster, the ’plane having crashed and been completely wrecked in France. The crew are uninjured. The machine was touring European capitals, when it was announced from Moscow that in response to an invitation from the Royal Aero Club, “Wings of Soviet” was visiting London. The Aero Club denied it had extended an invitation. Neither the Air nor the Foreign Ministers had any information about it. Nevertheless, the plane after visiting Rome, proceeded to Marseilles, and was flying to London when it crashed at Nevers. SPANISH AIRMAN’S RESCUE. MADRID, July 30. An order has been signed depriving Franco of his air command. This is an outcome of the controversy .between Franco and Colonel Kindelan, head of the Spanish Air Force, over the manner in which a recent search was carried out by the Spanish air command. ARRIVAL AT CROYDON. LONDON, July 30. The ’plane “Wings of the Soviet” has been repaired, and if has arrived at Croydon. It is the first Russian plane to land in England since the war. It was greeted with Russian cheers by fellow-countrymen.