ULM TAKES OFF

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 April 1934, Page 7

ULM TAKES OFF

RETURN TASMAN FLIGHT

UNEVENTFUL DEPARTURE

[FEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

WHANGAREI, April 14.

The “Faith in Australia” left the Ninety-Mile Beach on the return trans-Tasman flight at 4.3 this morning, in perfect weather, though the conditions were foggy. Everything went like clockwork, and the departure was without incident. Twenty-two thousand letters, including 1257 registered', were carried.

TWENTY THOUSAND LETTERS.

AUCKLAND, April 13

The latest estimates of the mail to be carried from New Zealand to Sydney by the “Faith in Australia,” tomorrow, place the quantity at 20,000 letters. This will include 12,000 brought from Australia by Ulm, and destined for the return journey by air. Of the mail brought to New Zealand in the “Faith in Australia,” 700 letters will be returned through oidinary postal channels to Austialia, and 2,500 will be despatched by the same means to other countries.

EVIDENCE AT ENQUIRIES.

[PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.]

ASHBURTON. April 14. The Canterbury Aero Club, last evening, decided to bring undei the notice of the New Zealand Aero Club, the fact that not sufficient expert evidence is given at the inquiries into fatal crashes. Members pointed out that all this evidence was given at the official inquiries, the results of which were not released for publication, and pilots throughout the Dominion were not able to gauge causes and possible remedies. Mr F. W. Johnston suggested that

the Government should appoint a Coroner to investigate all fatal crashes. One man would be able to bring a. specialised view to bear on the circumstances, and to bring down useful riders, which would be valuable to pilots. Mr R. A. Kirkup (Auckland), was appointed, out of twelve applicants, to the position of assistant-instructor to the Canterbury Aero Club. Mr Kirkup, who is 27 years of age, has had SOO flying hours’ experience, with eleven types of planes. He holds a B license, and an instructor’s certificate. He learnt to fly with the Auckland Aero Club. NEW GUINEA—SYDNEY FLIGHT. SYDNEY, April 13. The first flight from New Guinea to Sydney is now in progress. Sydney Marshall, aged 32, attached to the, New Guinea Airways, left Lae on Wednesday, and Port Moresby on Thursday, en route for Cooktown and Townsville.

ALTITUDE RECORD. (Received April 14, 8 a.m.) . RUGBY, April 12. The Italian airman, Donati, achieved the altitude record with a machine powdered by a single British Pegasus super-charged aero engine, made by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and a similar engine to that with which the English airman, Cyril Uwins, set up an earlier height record of 43,976 feet.

In 1929, when the German airman Neuenhofer captured the altitude record, he also used an earlier type of the same Bristol engine.