HINKLER’S FLIGHT.
SOUTH ATLANTIC VENTURE. LONDON, Dec. 3. The Madrid correspondent of the Times describes Mr Bert Hinkler’s South Atlantic flight. The Australian airman, he says, ran into a most severe storm at night. He tried to get under the clouds, but found the “ceiling” only about 100 feet. The machine was without lights, but he managed to see the white crest of a breaking wave just below him, which was a warning of extreme danger. Mr Hinkler said that he never saw such terrible lightning. He used two compasses, one slung at the rear of the cabin as far as possible from the engine, with the dial reversed, which he saw through a mirror. He steered for a point just south of Bathurst, West Africa, and was only ten miles out of his course when he sighted land.
RECEPTION IN ENGLAND
LONDON, Dec. 2
Mr Bert Hinkler is expected at Hanworth at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Lord Londonderry, Secretary for Air, will officially welcome him, and Lord Wakefield, Sir Arthur Wliitten-Brown, Miss Amy Johnson, and Sir Alan Cobham will be present.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19311204.2.73
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 4, 4 December 1931, Page 7
Word Count
182HINKLER’S FLIGHT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 4, 4 December 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in