AVIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1932, Page 7

AVIATION

“ENDURANCE” RECORD.

[BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.]

(Received August 12, 8 a.m.)

LONDON, August 11.

At eight o’clock to-day, Mrs Bruce had been aloft for forty-four hours She dropped a message that the Ipswich engines were running beautifully and she had a very good night. She wears beach pyjamas aboard during the. hottest hours of the day.

Her husband again delivered breakfast, letters and newspapers. A new method is employed for passing fuel and other supplies to the seaplane from two attendant machines. These machines, joined by cord, fly ahead of the seaplane until it comes between them, enabling the cord to be seized, a pipe line taken from the tanker plane then being drawn aboard. The development of this sound method of refuelling in the a|r would probably grtjatly assist commercial aviation by considerably raising the pay load.

LATER.

Mrs Bruce has broken the British endurance record of fifty hours 38 minutes. ■

ENFORCED DESCENT.

LONDON, August 11.

Mrs Bruce descended at Felixstowe at seven o’clock to-night, owing to oil being overheated.

Mrs Bruce was aloft 54 hours ,13 minutes. She flew 4,320 miles.