The Americans

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

The Americans

MACHINE DECLARED NOT FAST ENOUGH Received Wednesday, 12.15 a.m. DARWIN, Oct. 23. Roscoo Turner departed southwards at 6.11 p.m. Turner’s arrival here at 4.15 caused the greatest interest on account of his and Pangborn’s daring aviation exploits in their own country and elsewhere. Both Turner and his co-pilot appeared quite fresh and energetic. Their tremendous all-metal Boeing is similar to the Douglas DC2 flown by the Dutchmen, but the latter is capablo of greater speed. Pangborn, interviewed, said: “We had no chance of winning tho race, because our ‘bus’ is capable of only 180 miles an hour, which is not fast enough. This, however, is not the ’piano we originally intended to fly. Wo are out of the race, but we are going as fast as possiblo south and intend to make Melbourno on Wednesday afternoon.” Waller and Cathcart Jones arrived at Singapore at 2.14 a.m., G.M.T., after a 114-hour flight from Allahabad, which is tho fastest hitherto, though a direct course was not taken. The engino trouble which caused delay hitherto has now been eliminated. The pilots, in sending congratulations to Scott, said it was great work and that Black and Scott thoroughly deserved their success, Cathcart Jones, in an interview with Reuters, said he had a gruelling flight over Europe and over the Black Sea and Turkey. “Wo missed Baghdad,” he said, “overflying it 250 miles. We were completely lost, and eventually decided to land in tho dead of night near the lights of the small village of Disbah. It was the bumpiest kind of arid desert, but the inhabitants were more kind and fed us on sweetmeats and drinks. We eventually reached Baghdad with only two gallons of petrol left."

Jones and Waller arc now at Batavia, where they are delayed with engine trouble.