AVIATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 June 1927, Page 5

AVIATION

TASMAN SEA FLIGHT (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association) MELBOURNE, Sth June. Colonel White, president of the Aero Club announced that' the flight from Melbourne to New Zealand would be attempted either in August or September next. LINDBERGH’S HOME-COMINO WASHINGTON, Bth June Gigantic preparations for the reception of Lindbergh, who is arriving back to the United States by the cruiser Memphis on 11th June, are about completed. The ceremonies will be begun with an official, welcome at the foot of the Washington Monument, after which there will be addresses at the Capitol building. There will be a State ball in the evening, to which diplomats and the cream of the Capitol society will be invited. The arrangements committee consider it will be impossible to accommodate the throng certain to attend the festivities, which will be the greatest for years in Washington. Mrs Lindbergh will he received by Mrs Coolidge and remain as her guest, after which the son and mother will proceed to New York.

Lindbergh plans to fly to New York in his own famous plane, where it is indicated, his reception will far outstrip all previous demonstrations.

DE PINEDO’S JOURNEY (Received 10th June, 9.35 a.m.) WASHINGTON, 9th June. A message from Horla, Azores, states that repairs to Do Pindo’g plane have been completed. It is announced that the flight will be resumed tomorrow. TRANS-ATLANTIC COMMERCIAL SERVICE (Received 10th June. 9.35 a.m.) LONDON, 9th June. According to a British United press message from Berlin, Levine states that he is planning to invest £400,000 in a trans-Atlantic commercial air service. He hopes to commence within a year.