AVIATION

Grey River Argus, 21 August 1934, Page 8

AVIATION

Belgian Balloonists LAND IN JUGO SLAVIA. IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES. (Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, August 19. It is feared that something untoward has happened to the two occupants of the balloon, in which Professor Max Cossyns, accompanied 'by Monsieur Vanderelst, began a balloon ascent to the stratosphere at 6.19 a.m., from Hourhayenn, in thc Belgian Ardennes. The balloon should have descended last evening. The balloon drifted across Europe from the Belgian Ardennes to the mountainous regions of the border of Jugo-Slavia. It was expected to land in Bavaria, and was last sighted in Hungary near the Jugo-Slav border. VIENNA, August 19. A message from Sinawjle, Yugoslavia, stated that the stratosphere balloon landed at 9 p.m. on Saturday. Both men are alive. LONDON, August 19. A message from Ljubljana says that Cossyns made a perfect landing, assisted by peasants, who at first were terrified by the balloon. Cossyns says that he reached sixteen thousand metres and had no notion of flying to Jugo-Slavia. He thought he was over Czecho-Slovakia. He was very pleased with the results of the flight. He investigated certain movements of the cosmic, rays, an.l reached important scientific conclusions. He was most alarmed yesterday when the radio broke flown He triefl to senfl out S.O.S. signals fearing drift and disaster. The balloonists dismantled the balloon this morning for return by rail to Belgium. The instruments arc in perfect order. POND AND SABELLI. LONDON, August 19. IPond and Sabelli, flying from Rome to Dublin, whence they intended to cross the Atlantic, encountered fog and rain over Wales. After flying blind for several hours, they crashed into a mountain in Pembrokeshire, at four o’clock in the morning. The ’plane, which was named Leonardo Da Vinci, was badly damaged. The airmen suffered minor injuries SMITH’S PLANE. SYDNEY, August 19. Sir C. Kingsford Smith’s plane has now passed all the official tests for the air race. GISBORNE’S AIR SERVICE. TWO NEW PLANES. GISBORNE, August 18. The directors of East Coast Airways have decided to place an order for two ten-passenger ’planes with the De Haviland Company as soon as the company is granted a license.