AVIATION

Northern Advocate, 7 April 1931, Page 5

AVIATION

ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA FLIGHTS (Received 9 a.m.) RANGOON, April 6. Messrs Fairbairn and Shenstone, the two Cambridge undergraduates who are flying to Australia, have arrived at Rangoon. Captain C. W. Scott, who is engaged in a similar attempt, ie now on his way to Jodhpur, India. MAKING THE PACE. SCOTT AHEAD OF SMITH'S TIME. (Received 10.30 a.m.) DELHI, April 6. Mr C. W. Scott, who is attempting a record flight to Australia, arrived at Jodhpur and later at Calcutta. He is now half a day behind .his own schedule, but six hours ahead of Kings!ord Smith’s record time. If, however, he can reach Singapore in two days from Calcutta he will have overtaken his own schedule. ENGLAND TO CAPE TOWN. RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT. SIX DAYS TEN HOURS. (Received noon.) CAPE TOWN, April 6. Commander Glen Kidston, the millionaire British sportsman, who left England on Tuesday morning last on a record flight to South Africa, landed this evening at the Maitland aerodrome, Cape Town, his flight taking 6 days 10 hours. He has thus broken all previous records to the Cape by at least three days. Commander Kidston stated; “If I can carry through a single trip like this as a private owner, without proper organisation, it must stand to reason that a commercial company operating on the same route with relays of machines will be able to do the journey much quicker." He considers that Imperial Airways' schedule of 12 days for the same flight is ridiculous, and urges that the expeditious transit of mails is of the utmost Imperial importance.