DISTANCE FLIERS.

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1927, Page 5

DISTANCE FLIERS.

DE PINEDO’S RETURN. Welcome at Rome. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ROME, June 16. Thousands of people waited all day to welcome De Pinedo. After making a perfect landing- he was conveyed to a special wharf, lined by distinguished personages. Premier Mussolini stood aside while De Pinedo saluted his wife, after which the Duce embraced the aviator, saying: “Commander, I bring you a grateful enthusiastic affectionate ■welcome from the entire nation. ’ ’ ANOTHER TRAGEDY. LONDON, June 16. Flight-Lieutenant Daggs and' Flying Officer Bell, members of the Air Force Flying Schoo], Stamford, crashed and both were killed.

BRITISH A.F. CROS q FOR PINEDO. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn & Sun Cable LONDON, June 17. King George has conferred tne British Air Force Cross on the Marchese De Pinedo. CARR’S CHANGE OF PLAN. LONDON, June 16. Owing to the monsoon, Carr and Mackworth, who still are waiting for favourable weather, have decided to slightly alter their route, flying in a north-easterly direction across the Sind Desert, instead of to Calcutta. WILKINS’ TRANS-ARCTIC FLIGHT. KITCHIKAN (Alaska), June 17. Captain Wilkins, the Artctic explorer, is planning a lone flight from Fairbanks (Alaska) to Europe, via Greenland, in the late summer.