AIR SERVICE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 21 June 1937, Page 6

AIR SERVICE

TRANS-CANADA SECTION EXTENSION TO AUSTRALIA IN FEW YEARS ALL-BRITISH ROUTE lUnited Press Aesooiatiou-Hy Electric Tel eki a [) li -< lopy risrh l l LONDON, 20th June. The Ottawa correspondent ot “The Times” says that the Minister of Transport, Mr C. D. Howe, addressing the Canadian Engineering Institute, said that the trans-Canada air service which will shortly be inaugurated, connecting with the trans-Atlantic service, will be extended across the Pacific to Australia in a few years. It will then be part of an all British route. It is understood that a representative of the Canadian Post Office accompanied the Imperial Conference delegates to London to impress on the British authorities the urgency of the immediate establishment of a trans-Pacific service.

FORCED LANDING NEAR VANCOUVER BROKEN OIL LINE (Received 21st June. 10.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, 20th Juna

The Soviet airmen Chakalov, Baydukov, and Belyakov, who are attempting to fly from Moscow to San Francisco via the North Pole were forced to land near Vancouver (Washington), owing to a broken oil line. The flyers landed at the army airport at 0.30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, after 64 hours without sleep in the air. They said that they landed owing to fog around San Francisco, as well as on account of a broken line. Sufficient fuel remained for an additional 750 miles, which is 50 more miles than the distance to San Francisco. They will await the arrival of the Ambassador, M. Trotyanovsky, and then continue the flight to San Francisco. Their first request after landing was for a place to rest, which was quickly provided, and they fell asleep almost instantly.