FORMATION FLIGHT

Northern Advocate, 14 July 1933, Page 5

FORMATION FLIGHT

ITALIAN ARMADA : ARRIVAL AT CARTWRIGHT CHICAGO PINAI| OBJECTIVE. PRESTIGE OF- FASCISM. , • . ■ (Times Cable.) (Received 1 p.m.) HALIFAX, July 12. - ; Under the command of the Air Min- , ister, General Italo Balbo, the 24 seaplanes flying by stages from Rome to Chicago, via Ulster, Iceland, and.Can-_ nda, to visit the World’s Fair, arrived at Cartwright, Labrador, at 1.30 p.ini ; (American summer time). The information was announced at the shortU wave wireless station established tliere by the Italian Government; . v According to the time jjiven, the" ' 1500 miles from Iceland were covered in 101 hours. - ‘ A later message .says the -flyers landed at Shediac at 5.5 p.m.- Sis :.of : seaplanes alighted, making the nuffibejL. 22. Sixteen had arrived by two o’clock. The fifial two arrived at JivSOD o p.m, ' DESCRIPTIVE STORY. L FROM. OLD WORLD TO

PERILOUS •CONDITIONS. ; w •>- • • - . . ■ ; OFTEN FLYING BLINp. ' 'J*C\ "* ’ " . ,'*j /■. ", jJ ; ■ : 'V : (Received 9 a.m.) i V s. ;T* ‘ ■; LONDON, July: 15,.:: ;v ft The Universal Service, in a right despatch sent by the King Fea- .0. turos Syndicated (Inc,), issues' thetffib.r; lowing description of the flight wmniq lessed by General Balbo; from. wor‘ - • Cartwright Bay:— • • - “We are over the Atlantic-Aover/c. the North Atlantic this.; time— V' the second time Fascist air armadas ;f have demonstrated" fHaVdeeans can be flown in mass’formation; remains before us only the last stages | yvj of our journey to Chicago to complete ; our 7000 miles’ formation flight. This -X will further add to’the prestige ;of , A Fascism.

“The formation, flight from the. to the New World was -conquered to* ) day under conditions of the peril. Starting off in btir V24'|>lan|s > yesterday from Reykjevik, we ehbbun* tered crosswinds andatmospherical conditions around Iceland. From ' V: the meteorological stations "W 6 w eid -ftj told there would be very bad bility for the first few hours,- v ~. ; ; “We were often obliged to fly with- only the aid of pur. instruments • as we sftimmed . the "waters of.'-the t-a Afr-c; ■. lantic. Bad conditions were absolute*’ 5 ly against us until we were of Cape Farewell, the - southern tip 'of ‘ Greenland, which ~we, ..passed. 50 miles on our right. "• ~ - ? Amidst Dense Fog. .b • “Th6n for two solid hours we navi* ; gated through wide banks of. denso * fog. Here we encountered peril of.a really dangerous character—danger :of : ice forming on the wings .and metalljflV-r ■ ■prbpellers of . our .machines, The- last 750 miles, on the contrary, were flown..; in real tranquillity. , . “During the first three-quarters the flight contrary winds .limited averages speed to . 124 miles an heqr, r The. fleet was divided'ipto ’ three when we entered fog and clouds. - The formation was altered as previous' fci ly arranged by widening the formation C.jf and controlling-, the progresay r b.y,.-the radio goniometers on board of each3>ij| aeroplane, the orders going from group to group. ■ “Immediately the machines on «aeh •. : side of the central leader of each ‘V’ described a deviation of 45 degrees’td-‘ )| the right and left respectively, then taking up the general course. . ,'; T '

Perfect Landing. ;J1 I “When we emerged from and . J; clouds the • machine’s >: original positions.- -At Cartwright efeth unit landed separately■ in r per£eet iwripr, '||| ation, taking their positions by buoys -4|| already prepared and marked, v “We are the guests of the Hudson s Bay Company, whose governor,' Mr _ London? 1 thank for his aid in making ; -s ■ • V j; /■ SfcjSß our way easier. , . . “It is important to* point opt .here that this section of our flight has fully"' || confirmed my theory -that formation can always fly every' course and every ibute, especially 85 well trained men •. engines,, as. absolutely are ■< Frasehini motors.” , ' v IN NEW BRUNSWICK. ;sJ|| SAFE ARRIVAL OF FLEETr; v' (Received 11 a.m.) ...... r LONDON" July ,13... A message from-Shediac, New. Brunswick, states that the seaplanes A here at 3.58 this afternoon. They had, flown from Cartwright,whence. .) took off at 8.20 n.m. , ' ! *’ .