AVIATION PHASES

Northern Advocate, 19 December 1932, Page 5

AVIATION PHASES

MRS MOLLISON’S FLIGHT

ARRIVAL AT CROYDON,

RECORD TO LE BOURGET

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Telegraph.—Copyrlgh t.) (Received 10.P.0 a.m.) PARIS, December IS

Mrs. Mollison, who left Cape Town on December 11 on a record-breaking flight to Croydon, left Oran, Algeria, at 5 a.m. yesterday and arrived at Le Bourget, Paris, at 4 p.m. She reached Croydon at 12.0 p.m. to-day.

Mrs. .Mollison achieved a Cape TownLe Bourget record. Tho aviatrix tried hard to reach Croydon yesterday, but when above Beauvais ran into a fog bank, and as night was at hand decided to land at; Le Bourget, which she found with difficulty. She arrived exhausted, but was warmly welcomed.

ENGLAND TO DARWIN,

HINKLER’S PLANS COMPLETE

CONFIDENT EXPECTATION.

(Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, December 17. Tho Australian airman, Mr. Bert Hinkler, has completed the plans for his flight to Darwin. lie believes he can do the trip in four'or live days. Ho intends to arrive at Darwin before Christmas.

MOTH PLANE CRASHES,

QUEENSTOWN MISHAP

OCCUPANTS FORTUNATE

(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) INVERCARGILL,-This Dny. When attempting a landing at Queenstown on Saturday, Mr. Angus Macintosh crashed in a Moth plane. The machine was extensively damaged but the pilot-owner and a passenger escaped uninjured.

FIEE IN COCKPIT,

SUN’S RAYS THEORY,

TIMELY DISCOVERY

(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day

Just after midday yesterday the White Star aeroplane No. 2 just escaped destruction by tire while it was standing at the Taicri aerodrome. Fortunately a staff member noticed smoke from the pilot’s cockpit and found that the pilot’s helmet and cushion were on tire. He quicklj” extinguished the blaze.

It is considered that the sun’s rays, focussed by goggles left in the cockpit, were the cause of the outbreak.