AVIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 13 July 1931, Page 5

AVIATION

PARIS TO TOKIO. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] PARIS, July 12. Flying the famous “Trait D’Union,” Lebrix and Doret took off. in an attempt on a non-stop flight to Tokio, to beat Costes and Belloiite’s single hop record. DROP BY PARACHUTE. BRISBANE, July 13. J. A. Milne descended three thousand feet from a plane in two minutes, to win a wager. He fell a thousand feet before releasing the parachute cord. “SOUTHERN CLOUD.” "SYDNEY. July 12. Lieut. Ulm, and other aviators, flew over the district, where it was believed that the Southern Cloud plane’s wreckage was seen by a prospector. They did not sight anything resembling aeroplane wreckage. NEW GUINEA TRAGEDY. SYDNEY, July 12. New Guinea advices state that the reported discovery of the body of the missing New Guinea. Airways aviatoi, J. L. Trist. who disappeared on May 22, is unfounded. The search has now been abandoned. CHICHESTER’S FLIGHT.

NEW YORK, July 11.

The populace of Manila is awaiting Mr Chichester, who has hopped off with the object of arriving there on Tuesday next, July 14. A warm welcome has been prepared. There is no news of him so far, since there is no cable or radio communication from the innumerable tiny islands over which he should be flying. CRASH AT MASTERTON. MASTERTON, July 11. When flying over the Masterton Aedrodrome, an aeroplane belonging to the Wairarapa Aero Club suddenly went into a spin, and crashed with great force. The pilot, A. W. Buchanan, received a number of slight cuts on the face and body, but escaped serious injury. The machine was fairly extensively damaged.