ATLANTIC FLYING.

Grey River Argus, 24 August 1928, Page 5

ATLANTIC FLYING.

LEVINE’S PLAN. To Cross From Berlin. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 23 at 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, August 22, 'The trans-Atlantic flier, Levine, flew to Berlin with th • inten'ion of purchasing a Junkers monoplane, with which, he says, he will attempt a nonstop. trans-Atlantic flight. Miss M.aldi ■ 801 l has announced that she hopes to accompany Levine on his flight. Four Days’ Flight. ATTEMPT BY BARNARD AND DUCHESS. DELHI, August 22. A. Karachi report sta’es that the airman, Barnard, and the Duchess of Bedford (who'? star,? was cabLd on June 14th) have arrived there, after a nonstop flight of 1,200 miles from Bushire. They expect to leave at dawn on Friday in an attempt to make a reco-d four days’ flight to London.

Still Bogged. THE SOUTHERN CROSS. PERTH. August 23. Owing to further rain, the departureof the Southern Cross to Adelaide has been postponed indefinitely. AN ENGLISH TRAGEDY. LONDON, August 22. Two pioneer incmb/rs of the Nottingham Aero Club, when flying in a A loth plane, crashed near Hacknell. 'The machine burst into flames. The pilot. Robert Blake (son of Sir Arthur Blake) and the passenger, William Richardson, w ( to burned to death. Boy Scouts camping nearby rushed with water buckets, but they were unable to approach within twenty yards of (he burning plane. MISS DORAN’S FATE. A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. (Sun Cable.) SAN FRANCISCO, August 22. What appears to bn a genuine message from ,the lat* Miss Doran, who was lost in the Dole flying race to Honolulu, has floated ashore in a bottle at Aberdeen. Washington. The message says: “Gas all gone. Water running low. Been floating four days. (Signed) ’Mildr- d.” The paper is faded, and the message is scarcely dcc i ph era 1 >le-