AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1928, Page 2

AVIATION

PACIFIC FLIERS. ANOTHER CLAIM ON THEM. Australian Press Assn.—United Service SYDNEY, Aug. 9. A writ has been issued on behalf of Robert Hitchcock, aviation ground engineer, claiming from Smith, Elm and Keith Anderson, one thousand pounds sterling, which, Hitchcock alleges, the airmen agreed to pay him prior to their departure for America to undertake the triins-Pacific flight. The Southern Cross left Richmond aerodrome to-day at 10.35 a.m. for Point Cook. AIRMAN JiUiCCUMB'S. PARIS, Aug. 9. Although suffering with both his legs broken, necessitating injections of morphine, the airman Drouhin’s dominating thought was grief that ho would he unable to attempt the Atlantic adventure. He asked to 1)0 forgiven for what had happened. He died this morning. FRENCH SOLDIER’S FATE. PARIS, Aug. 9. An aeroplane accident resembling Loewenstein's occurred at Nancy. A young soldier, desirous of his first air trip, arranged for a flight aboard a bombing aeroplane, with two other passengers. At a height of 2500 feet, the soldier left his place and stood on the trapdoor leading to the fuselage. The door ojxjned under his weight, and he was precipitated into space. .The onlookers thought n parachute experiment with a dummy was being tried, and ran to the spot, where they found tho dead man.