Englislh Tributes

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 248, 24 October 1934, Page 7

Englislh Tributes

ENTHUSIAS MEVERYWHERE Received Tuesday, 9.10 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 23. The Daily Herald says: “Before tho War, Lord Northcliffe offered a £20,000 prize for a race from London to Manchester with two permitted stops. During the War not one British plane was able to fly to Berlin and back. The Centenary race shows that frontiers are being swept aside and nations linked together. There are great opportunities and great dangers. Scott’s heroic persistence has aroused enthusiasm everywhere—from Sandringham, where his Majesty receives regular bulletins, to tho smallest house listening in to the wireless. London received the news of Scott’s arrival at 5.38 a.m., as the light of dawn was appearing behind the dome of St. Paul’s. The news quickly spread among early workers. The Daily Telegraph says: “England must bo proud of the Englishmen’s and the English plane’s feat. Tho Comet must play an important part in the futuro of aviation, while the Dutchmen’s amazing performance brings hopes that, in future, Australia will be within regular four days’ commercial flying from London.” The .Daily Mail, in a leader paying a tribute to Scott and Black’s performance, says: “It is sad that such a triumph should be accompanied by the, tragic death of Gilman and Baines.” The Nev’s-Chronicle, in a leader citing Scott’s.achievement as an epic of the air, profoundly regrets the catastrophe to Gilman and Baines. Campbell Black’s parents are overjoyed at his achievement. Manawatu Plane’s Achievement, The Australian. Press Association

says that the performances of some of the smaller aircraft in the race would in other circumstances be regarded as extraordinary, notably that of McGregor and Walker, who are flying ono of tho smallest machines in the race and one of the few in which open cockpits expose the pilots to tho elements. Flying at an average speed of 150 miles an hour for over 7000 miles, including 11 hours on the ground, the giant Dutch air-liner broke all records for commercial lang-distance flying when it arrived at Singapore with a crew of four and threo passengers. Parmentier and Moll says that the machine has never been flown at top speed throughout the race. It is now learned that when the Australians, Woods and Bennett (Lockheed Vega) crashed at Aleppo, tho accident was due to landing in soft sand, which overturned the machine. Woods was cut in the forehead and Bennett injured in the knee, neither seriously. Wright and Polando arrived at Nicosia, Cyprus, in thoir Monocoupe at 5.55 and left at 9.10 a.m. Wright and Polando arrived at Aleppo. Their petrol feed gave trouble, and they are starting off again to-morrow. At Nicosia, Cyprus, C. G. Davies in a Fairey lII.F. arrived at 7.30 a.m. He. had a narrow escape in trying to restart. While running along the ground, the control of the left aileron snapped. Davies intends to patch tho control and fly to Bagdad for repairs, after which he will return to Nicosia for a passenger. Turner and Pangliorn (Boeing Transport) landed at Alor Star from Allahabad at 10.45 Greenwich mean time, and left at 11.30, arriving at Singapore at 2,26 a.m. Roscoe Turner Sleeps. Pangborn said that while Turner was sleeping he flew across the Bay of Bengal to a spot above Victoria Point. Ho crossed the sea again, touched tho mainland near Alor Star, and afterwards flew direct to Singapore. He thought his chances of overtaking the Dutchmen wero bright. Turner is very deaf. After a rapid refuelling the aeroplane left for Darwin. Stack (Airspeed A.S.), who earlier withdrew, arrived at Athens at 1.45 p.m. G. Shaw (British Kleium Eagle) arrived at Athens at 10.55 a.m. He had encountered bad weather. Brook and Miss Layo in their Files Falcon havo arrived at Rome. Asjes and Geysendorffer, who damaged their Pander machine when landing in the dark, hope to repair the propellers and undercarriage and restart on Thursday. Allahabad reports that the Mollisous (DH Comet) are still held up. Engine pistons have seized and a gasket is broken. It will probably be impossible for the Mollisons to restart for many days. The Mollisons are disconsolate. They have found it necessary to lift the heads of two cylinders. At Jubbulpore there were no suitable- grades of petrol available for the Comet, hence the Mollisons were compelled to use' ordinary motor spirit to enable them to reach Allahabad. This is considered likely to be tho cause of their trouble. Hewitt and Kay (DH Dragon) reached Bagdad at 6.23 a.m. G.M.T. aid left at 7.32 a.m. Hansen and Jensen (Dosoutter Gipsy) left Bagdad at 9.44 a.m. C. J. Melrose (Puss Moth) arrived at Bagdad at 12.5 p.m. Stodart Bros. (Airspeed Courier) arrived at Bagdad at 10.6 a.m. Parmontier arrived at Darwin at 8.30 a.m., and after refuelling left at 9.6 a.m. in an attempt to catch Scott before reaching Melbourne. Parmentier said: “We are all more or less fresh. The passengers say they are very fit, and those of us who have worked are feeling good now that the noise of tho machine has left our ears. Naturally we are simply on a world tour by air. We are not rushing madly, although we have maintained a cruising speed of something like 200 miles an hour, because she is only one of our standard airliners and we are not making extraordinary hops. If it is possible to take on petrol at Cloneurry we will do so without attempting a non-stop run to Charleville. That is what we have been doing all along the route.’! ;-