AVIATION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 6 September 1927, Page 5

AVIATION

ATLANTIC FLIGHTS. MORE ATTEMPTS CONTEMPLATED UNSATISFACTORY WEATHER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 6 11.30 a.m.) Rugby. September 5. Captain Macintosh and Captain Joynson Wreford, who is a relative of Sir William Joynson Hicks, the Home Secretary, were to-day to attempt a flight across the Atlantic, storting from Baldonnel aerodrome in Ireland. Unsatisfactory weather, however, prevented a start An overnight cable stated; An Imperial Airways pilot, Captain Mac Intosh, accompanied by an engineer, Piercy, arrived in Dublin aboard the Fokker monoplane Xenia, a sister air. craft to Princess Lowenstein’s St. Raphael. He makes an early departure for New York, accompanied by Captain Anthony Wreford. the Home Secretary’s cousin. FOG PREVENTS COURTNEY FROM TAKING OFF. (Received 6. 11.30 a.m) (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 5. A message from Corunna states that Captain Courtnev has postponed the resumption of his Atlantic flight until to-morrow owing to a thick fog prevailing PRIDE OF DETROIT’S PROGRESS. Delhi, September 5. The Pride of Detroit hfis left Karachi for Allahabad (A.P.A. an 1 “Sun” cable.) FRENCH ARMY~PILOT BURNED TO DEATH, (Received 6. 9.20 a.m.) Paris, September 5An army 'plane, flying low in a fog, crashed and took fire. the pilot wag burned to death—(A.P.A. and “Sun” cable.) “I AM TERR {BLY THRILLED.” (Received 6, 2.5 p.m.) An American, Mabel 8011, will accopany Mr. Levine on the Atlantic flight. “I am terribly thrilled,” she says“l want the thrill of being the first woman to fly the Atlantic.”—(A.P.A. and "Sun” cable).