Ulm Gets Safely Across

Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7506, 3 July 1934, Page 7

Ulm Gets Safely Across

Rough Weather for Initial Stages of Flight £* r !VVV I '' ——— OVER 15 HOURS IN AIR (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Deceived Monday, 11.45 p.m. SYDNEY, July 2. When Ulm’s plane landed at the floodlit aerodrome at Mascot at 7.10 o’clock to-night,’one of his pals com•nfented: "This Tasman crossing is quite commonplace with you, Charley. And so it appeared to most of the others who gathered to congratulate the crew of the Faith in Australia. Ten thousand letters from New Zealand wero loaded into a postal van and taken to the hangar. ' Ulm,'with his wife and other relatives, motored home to Vauclusc, overlooking the ocean which he had just crossed by air. Ulm, interviewed, showed no signs of fatigue. He paid a tribute to the assistance from Dr. Kidson and Mi Mares, the Netf Zealand and Sydney meteorologists, whose forecasts of the weather conditions were absolutely accurate. Bough weather, with rain and side winds, was experienced at first, but improved conditions later. "We flew few at from 100 to 200 feet most of the way until nesting the Australian .coast. W e then climbed higher.” The trip occupied 15 hours 35 minutes, and the plane landed with 150 gallons of petrol in its tanks. Among the many cordial, messages received before leaving New Zealand, that from Miss Batten was much appreciated. Ulm said he had a gical admiration for her as an aviatrix.