AVIATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 April 1937, Page 7

AVIATION

BROOK’S CHANGED PLAN. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] JUBA, April 27. Mr. H. L. Brook, who was attempting a. record flight from England to Cape Town, has abandoned the attempt on the outward record. He is going on to Cape Town, and i aftei- repairs have been carried out he J w’ill make an attempt to lower the | i record for the homeward flight to I London. 1 BROADBENT’S PROGRESS. SINGAPORE, April 28. Mr. H. F. Broadbent arrived at 6.20 a.m. (Greenwich Mean Time). 1 1 AUSTRALIA TO CAPE. SINGAPORE, April 28. Mrs Bonney is held up at Bangkok, owing to bad weather. JAPANESE CONTROL. ■ (Recd. April 29, 1.30 p.m.) TOKIO, April 28. The successful conclusion of experiments of manufacturing petrol from crude oil by a process of hydrogenation are announced. It is claimed that Japan will be able to produce sufficient aviation petrol hereby, for i needs of peace time and war time. I Japan is organising a juvenile air corps, for which youths aged 14 to 24 are eligible. It is hoped that the corps will number 6,000,000. It is anticipated that a hundred gliders manned by I juveniles will participate at the Olympiad. N.Z. AIR PILOTS’ GUILD. BLENHEIM, April 28. By the decision of the annual meet-, ing of the New Zealand Air Pilots’ • Guild held at Blenheim, the guild be-» comes the first Dominion guild to af- 1 . filiate with the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire. Twenty-five professional pilots were represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy. The master, Squadron Leader G. L. Stedman, presided. The half-yearly Council meeting followed. Flying Officer S. L. Gilkison, of the Western Federated Aero Club, was appointed to fill the vacancy as , an associate member in place of Fly-, ing Officer C. M. Duthie, who has ’ qualified for full membership of the guild. Mr J. M. Buckeridgc resigned . because of his appointment as Assist-1 ' ant-Con(roller of Civil Aviation.It was decided to recommend to the 1 Air Board that in cases of inquiries into ■air accidents and other matters 5 of civil aviation a nominee of the guild I be appointed as one of the members of* - the board of inquiry, in accordance c with the English practice, to avoid - speculative reports on certain air ac--3 cidents necessitating official inquiry, j It was decided that the press be ;- asked not to publish any suggested I cause until an official explanation has been issued by the board of inquiry.