TO BREAK RECORD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 6 August 1931, Page 7

TO BREAK RECORD

MOLLISON’S ATTEMPT AUSTRALIA'S NOLAND FLIGHT GREAT INTEREST AROUSED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 4th August. Considerable interest has been aroused by an attempt to break C. A. Scott s record of 10 days 23 hours for the Aus-tralia-Englaiid (light, upon which the Australian pilot J. A. Mollison is engaged. lie left Wyndham on 29th July, flying a do Havilatid Moth with a Mark li. Gipsy engine. Reports of his progress encourage hopes expressed in tonight's papers that lie will succeed in keeping to schedule and will complete the flight to-morrow in the final hop to Croydon, beating the previous record by a day and a half. (Received (It.li August, a.m.) ATHENS, nth August. Mollison arrived at «.:$() o'clock this morning, and after the briefest rest resumed bis flight io London at U-ffi) o’clock. (Received 6tli August, 11.10 a.m.) ROME, slh August. Mollison arrived. He leaves for London at 11 o’clock to-night. Bad weather forced the airman lo return to Aleppo. He re-started after midnight and arrived at Athens in excellent, spirits. lie said that barring mishaps he was confident. of knocking a day and a half oil Scott’s record. LINDBERGH’S PROGRESS (United Prom Association—By Eleotrio Tolograph—Copyright) NEW YORK, 4th August. Lindbergh hopped off from Baker Lake for Aklavik on Tuesday at 6.35 p.m. E.S.T. (Received 6th August, 9.45 a.in.) VANCOUVER, sth August. A message from Aklavik. in the northwest territories, states that the. Lindberghs landed there at 6.5 a.m. to-day, completing ail 1100 mile hop in .114 hours. Every resident of tlio busy little Arctic hamlet on the delta of the Mackenzie river cheered tlio fliers. ‘I hoy will probably remain overnight before proceeding to Port Barrow, Alaska. CHICHESTER REACHES FORMOSA TOKIO, sth August. Chichester passed over Karenko, ulso Taihoku, and landed at Tamsui, in north-western Formosa in the afternoon. (Received 6th August, 9.30 a.m.) TOKIO. sth August. Chichester, interviewed, stated that ho was delayed owing to slight damage to a float. He is leaving for Shanghai at 7 o’clock to-morrow morning. AMY JOHNSON (Received 6th August, 9.30 a.m.) TOKIO, sth August. Amy Johnson arrived at Koijo. PANGHORN AND HERNDON (Received 6th August, 9.45 a.m.) NEW YORK sth August.

Panghorn and Herndon’s flight headquarters received a cable to-day from Herndon in Khabarovsk, Siberia, definitely announcing that ail attempt would ho made to lly non-stop from Tokio lo Seattle. They will put an extra tank in tho ’plane at Tokio, according to the cable.