AVIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 9 May 1931, Page 7

AVIATION

SCHNEIDER CIIP DEFENDERS ■ [OFFICIAL WIRELESS,] . RUGBY, May 8. For high speed flight the Air Force, which has been stationed at ’ Felixstowe, transferred to Calshot on Southampton Water, in training for the Schneider trophy race, which Will take place in September, over the Spithead course to the east and north side of the Isle of Wight. ; For the present,. the team will not have available for practice, the •' seaplanes of the supermarine Rolls Royce 56 type, on which the late Flight Lieut Waghorn won the Schneider trophy race in 1929. Existing craft of this type are undergoing modifications,-and new machines are still undpr construction. For the next few weeks training will be carried 'on wtith other high speed planes. These include Napier Gloster 4, and the Napier Gloster 5, witlrwhich the Schneider race was won in 1927, the Napier Gloster 6, and 3, and somewhat slower machines. ’ . . RESCUE OF COURTAULD. • COPENHAGEN, May 8. The news of Couftauld’s rescue in Greenland was received through Angnagalik from Captain Abrenberjg, the Norwegian airman, who, after searching over his hut and seeing no sign of Courtauld, continued his flight until he observed Watkins’ party, with Courtauld. who is well, following their« sledge. Letters arftt meat were dropped by the airman. There was bright sunshine, but the snow surface was soft. Watkins and party will probably take eight days >to return. Captain Ahrenberg has notified Stevenson’s party that there is no need to search any further. dutch Success. THE HAGUE, May 8. The Royal Dutch air liner completed a record flight from Batavia to Amsterdam in seven days. KIDSTON’S BURIAL. s RUGBY, May 8.. - The body of Lieut.-Commander. Kidston, in whose memory a service was held at London was entrained for Johannesburg at Harrismith, where he and Captain Gladstone met their deaths. Arrangements have been made for Kidston’s remains <. to be brought to England for'burial. AUSTRALIAN MAIL. W >-1 I " - - SINGAPORE, May 8. Kingsford Smith overtook the outward mail from the “City” liner at , Akyab. He is going to Sourabaya at daybreak. It is presumed that the Imperial Airways will take the return mail from Darwin in the machine they have purchased in West Australia.

SOUTHERN CLOUD “MESSAGE.”

(Received May 9, 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 8. A piece of floating wood was discovered in the sea at Port Kembla whereon were the following words:—“Whoever finds this piece of fuselage, torn from the wing of the Southern Cloud, we are hopelessly lost. Compass done. (Signed) Shorty.” On the other side was: “God be with us and guide us to safety. (Signed) Shorty. Cheerio.” The message purports to come from the Southern Cloud, the lost airplane, the pilot of which was Shortridge. INTER-STATE SERVICES. SYDNEY, May 9. The air mail services between Syd- , ney and Melbourne will be modified presently. The Australian National Airways machines leave each capital three times weekly, but in future, only one trip weekly will be made each way. It is considered that the present traffic does not warrant a continuation of the present service. On the other hand, the service between Victoria and Tasmania is being increased from three times weekly to daily. . \