AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 29 October 1928, Page 5

AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND FLIGHT

HURLEY’S START POSTPONED

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright

SYDNEY, 27th October. Hurley has postponed .his hop off until daybreak on Tuesday. The delay is due to the inability of Flying-Officer Owens being unable to obtain three months’ leave from the Air Force in order to join Hurley’s crew as mechanic.

OFFICIAL COOLNESS TOWARDS FLIGHT

SYDNEY, 28th' October.

Hurley is not leaving until dawn on Tuesday owing to adjustments of the radio apparatus. Owens has resigned from the Air ' Force, but the Air Board is demanding three months’ notice.

Hurley is complaining of official cool ness towards the flight. ATLANTIC FLIGHT

Australian Press Association

NEW YORK, 26th October.

It is understood that Lyons, Lancaster, and Mrs Miller take off on Sunday from New York for Ireland Island (Bermudas) in an amphibian equipped with a- Wright whirlwind motor, carrying <250 gallons of petrol. The distance is only 800 miles but the flight has never been attempted before, owing to navigational difficulties in finding so small an island. Lyons’s ability exhibited in navigating the Southern Cross is believed to equip him excellently for this undertaking. (Received 29th October, 11.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, 28th October.

Lyons, Lancaster and George Palmer Putman, a noted publisher and explorer, hopped off on the flight to the Bermudas. Putman, who is understood to be financing the flight, took the place of Mrs Miller.

The ’plane is carrying sufficient petrol for an 18 hour journey and if without incident should not consume more than ten hours.

Much surprise was expressed at the lateness of the departure, which occurred at 1.30 o’clock in the afternoon, and due to the shortness of the autumnal day the flight will be made for the greater part in darkness. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT KILLED (Received 29th October, 11.25 a.m.) VANCOUVER, 27th October. At Fremont, Nebraska, a student aviator and an instructor were killed as they were completing a course in trick flying. The student, John Seville, wanted to finish the course so that he could thrill the crowds to-morrow as a solo pilot. They were flying upside down when Seville lost control of the ’plane.