FLIGHT ROUND EUROPE

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 3 January 1930, Page 5

FLIGHT ROUND EUROPE

COMPETITION FOR LIGHT AEROPLANES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Dec. 31. The Royal Aero Club lias decided that Great Britain shall enter in the great round-Europe light aeroplane touring competition initiated by the French Aero Club, and won last year by Germany. Last year Great Britain did not enfer officially, and the few British airmen who took part in the contest were obliged to enter through the French Acra Club, and they flew under the French flag. In the result, although the German Morbek won the first prize of 100,000 francs, the British pilot Captain Broad was awarded second place and a prize of 50,000 francs. Another British prize winner was Miss Spooner. Bern, used Moth machines. The contest :s restricted to airernf of limited horse-power.

SOLO FLIGHT IN INDIA

RUGBY’, Jam 1

A young Indian student at Bristol University, named (Man Mohan Singh, is beginning on Saturday a solo flight from England to India in an attempt to win the £SOO prize offore 1 by the Ag.i Khan to the first Indian making sucu a iourney in 1930.

FUNERAL OF R.A.F. OFFICER RUGBY, Jan. 1. The funeral of S.;uadran Leader Jones-AVilliams, who, wire FlightLieutenant. Jenkins, lost his life when a Royal Air Force monoplane crashed at Tunis while attempting a flight '.<> Cene Town, took place this afternoon in iho family burial grnun I at Hassocks. in Sussex. Tiie aoflfin, covered with the Union Jack, was home by aircraftsmen and a g'.i'.rd of honour was furnished by the :!3nl Fighter Squadron at Kcnley, to which the deceased officer was attached before being chosen for special service.

AIR SAFETY SCHEME NEW YORK. .Tan. 1. The first prize of 100,000 dollars in connection with the Guggenheim air safety scheme lias been a war led to the Curtis Company for the performance of its entry: ‘‘Gurtis-Tangwr.” The board of judges, headed by 'Orville Wright, found the machine demonstrated the greatest advantage in aerodynamics ‘without loss of efficiency. There were 27 competitors. A Handley Page entry passed a majority of the qualifying tests, but failed to attain the minimum gliding speed of 3S miles per hour called for.