THE SECOND FLIGHT

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 45, 20 January 1928, Page 7

THE SECOND FLIGHT

NO OBJECTION EXPECTED. MR BRUCE INSISTENT FOR FLOATS. 9 * “SPEED AND PETROL SUPPLY PARAMOUNT.” (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright) Received January zO, 10.40 a.m. SIDNEY, Jan. 20.

Captain Moody and the wireless operator, Mr Osmond Jolley, state tnat uiey do ’not expect that any objection vvili be raised to their flight by tiie aviation autfforities. They contend that the Federal Govornment has no power to prevent the flight. Tne Ryan monoplane to be used on this flight was originally the property of Mr Louis Seifert, of Palmerston North. Mr Seifert in November last received a letter from Colonel Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation, Australia, stating that it was not necessary to obtain permission from the Civil Aviation Department to undertake the ilight from Australia to New Zealand provided that passengers were not carried for payment. Captain Moody states that he cannot understand the insistence of Mr Bruce on having floats fixed to the monoplane.

“Our speed and petrol supply are of paramount importance. The floats would retard the travelling rate by 15 miles an hour, while on the other hand the weight would compel us to carry less petrol.”

The editor of the Morning Herald says that the statement published in the Herald that the New Zealand aviators, Captain Hood and Lieutenant Moncrieff, when they landed in Australia had very limited financial resources was based on information supplied by Captain Kight. It was pointed out by him that additional funds had to be raised in Australia to have the monoplane assembled and that those resources were so slender that the airmen could not remain long enough in Australia to permit the machine being thoroughly tested on prolonged land flights.—Press Association. When the above cablegram was referred to Mr Seifert, that gentleman said that lie did not wish to make any statement on the matter at present. NEARLY ALL ACCOUNTS PAID. ALLEGATIONS QUITE UNWARRANTED. STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN KIGHT Per Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, Jan. 20. Captain Kight states in reply to the Sydney Morning Herald that he has been able to satisfy the trustees that, with the exception of one or two small items, all the accounts in Australia have been met, and the allegations of financial embarrassment are quite unwarranted and at this time uncalled for.