AVIATION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 April 1928, Page 5

AVIATION.

PROPOSED FLIGHT!! TO AUSTRALIA. • (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 26. Captain Kingsford Smith’s ’plane is ar present at Santa, Monica undergoing complete overhauling, including recovering and engine testing. However, Smith says that- he has no definite date in mind yet for starting his flight to Australia. ... <• ANOTHER BRITISH RECORD. LONDON, April, 27: Captain Broad, flying a Be Haviland Hound 550 horse-power Napier engine) a military day 'bomber, won the world’s 100 kilometre record for Britain at Stag 'Lane, carrying a ton. weight of lead, representing a useful commercial or military load. He .averaged 160.561 miles an hour, beating the French record of 153 miles, held.since 1925. -The difficulties of- .the take-off with the tremendous load and little wind were considerable, and the success constituted a masterly feat. Britain at present holds tlivee oat of eighty-four officially recognised flight records, namely, the Schneider light aeroplane, the 100-kilometrc record of 186 miles per hour, and to-day’s. LADY BAILEY MEETS DIFFI-i CULTIES. . • . RUGBY, April 26. ’ Lady Bailey, who is making a solo flight to Capetown, is experiencing difficulties. She arrived at Bulawayo yesterday from Livingstone, having made this stage despite an attack of influenza. She said that she had had a troublesome flight owing to' a strong wind. To-day she was due at Johannesburg, but did not arrive. - Some anxiety was felt, but. later Lady Bailey was reported to be safe. Shortage of petrol and oil had caused a forced descent in the northern Transvaal.