ALONG THE AIRWAYS

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1934, Page 7

ALONG THE AIRWAYS

ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA RUBINS—WALLER PLIGHT. TAKE-OFF FROM LYMPNE. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received 9 a.m.) „ LONDON, March 22. Messrs Bernard Rubins and Ken Waller left Lympno aerodrome today on their flight to Australia at 8.40 a.m. The airmen are using a Leopard M-otn aeroplane, with a cruising range of 1100 miles and a speed of 120 miles an hour. SOUTHERN CROSS RETURN. CREW LEAVE SYDNEY. (Received 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 22. [ The passengers for Wellington by | the Marama today include the crow for the monoplane .Southern Cross on its return fli,ght to Australia, namely, Captain P. G. Taylor, Messrs. .1. W. Stannage and J. Porcival. DIRECTION FINDING, A CCFR ATE APP AR A TPS. (British Official Wireless). (Received 0 a.m.) RUGBY, March 21, The authorities at Lympno aerodrome have adopted a now direction finding apparatus of the Marconi-Ad-coek type. A notable advantage of this is its high degree of accuracy at I night. The system was installed at Pulrnan aerodrome, Norfolk, three -years agp, and has proved most satisfactory. CENTENARY RACE --■ • i A DUTCH ENTRY (Received 12.30 p.m.) ! THE HAGUE, March 22. The Dutch Ministry of Defence Is entering a “post-.Tager” plane for the Melbourne Centenary race. The machine is the Pander monoplane which recently flew to Batavia and back in an unsuccessful attempt to break the record.