AERIAL PAGEANT

Northern Advocate, 16 November 1929, Page 10

AERIAL PAGEANT

i MAYOR’S FIRST FLIGHT. I 1 EXCELLENT CONDITIONS. ( (P er Press Association.—Copyright.) i WELLINGTON, This Day. i Despite the prograstications, beautiful weather prevails for the first (Wellington air pageant. All that is (necessary is for the existing conditions to continue, in which case the 1 public and flyers alike should thorloughly enjoy themselves. ! The Mayor, Mr G. Troup, speaks (at 1.30 o’clock and afterwards makes | his first flight in an aeroplane. He is I the only passenger who will jfo up (outside members of the Aero Club. | The main event is the Aerial Derby, (which is being flown in heats over a (course of ten miles, j The Mayor will fly in'a Hamilton (Airways’ machine piloted by Captain .McGregor.

AIRMEN ARRIVE, A DOUBTFUL STARTER

(Per Press Association.—^Copyrnfm./ WELLINGTON, This Day. Messrs Goodwin and Chichester’s Avro-Avian, with Captain Bolt in charge and Mr Goodwin as a pass'enger, arrived yesterday at 3.15 o’clock from Christchurch.

The next to arrive was Captain Burrell in a Gloster Glebe from Blenheim.

Captain Hall arrived with his wife from Hororata at ten o’clock this morning and Mr Mill came in threequarters of an hour later. Captain White left by motor this morning to bring in his plane from Martinborough.

! Captain Allen is still at Dannevirke and it is not known if his plane can be fixed in time for him to participate.

I A later message says that flying at

Rongotai is progressing according to programme, except that owing to an accident to the Gloster Glebe at Blenheim there will be no aerial battle. The • Mayor’s flight was a complete success. There is a tremendous crowd out at the ground arid every vantage point on the heights all around the neighbouring hills is occupied.