THE AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT.
ROSS SMITH'S DETERMINATION. . .. * • By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New > Zealand Cable Association. SYDNEY, Jan. 1. Sir Ross-Smith, in a letter, says that he almost wept, when the accident happened. It seemed so silly to come so far, and then to moot trouble just at the last. Ho says that he is going to try to repair the damage, and will do his best to reach Sydney with the machine. Ho contemplates making tho parts required, which will take about a month. In anotherlettor he says he hopes to fly to Sydney early in February.
POULET TO TRY AGAIN.
Australian-New Zealand Cable Association ALLAHABAD, Jan. 1.
Poulct, interviewed, said that he was pleased that his friends were subscribingfor a new aeroplane to enable him to continuo his journey to Australia, but unless he jeeeived an order from the French Government to continue his flight, he would return to France. He considers tho present season unsuitable owing to the fogs over the Siamese frontier being worse than ever, and the Yost of the route not good. His present -intention is to return some time in 1920 to finish the journey to Australia. un-< dor the most favourable conditions.
SURBITON TRAGEDY. j RESULT OF INQUIRY.
Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Dec. 30. At tho inquiry into the Surbiton tragedy in which Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas and Lieut Ross were killed at the outset of their attempt to fly to. Australia in an Alliance aeroplane, there was no evidence of , the failure of any part of the aeroplane or the engine. The Committee of Inquiry is of opinion that" the accident was due to - the. machine getting into a spin at an altitude which did not allow tho pilot to regain control. The committee condemns the practice of enclosing pilots in a. cockpit with windows. The windows of Colonel Douglas's machine may have been dimmed in tho clouds, thus obscuring tho view, and this may have been an important factor in tho loss of control.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1713, 2 January 1920, Page 5
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