FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20243, 1 May 1929, Page 13

FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD

START FROM CALIFORNIA.

FAMOUS AIRMEN IN CREW.

MACHINE NOW BEING BUILT.

AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME. Australian nnd N.Z. Press Association. (Received April 30. 5.50 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 20

The Herald-Tribune says Captain Lyon, who was navigator on the Southern Cross in the Pacific flight, has announced that he will be accompanied on the proposed flight round the world by Captain W. N. Lancaster, who flew from England to Australia with Mrs. Keith Miller, and by Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smith. The flight will be made in a threemotored aeroplane now under construction in California and about- 70 per cent, completed.

The airmen propose to leave Pasadena, California, fly to New York and thenco to London. Subsequently, with several intervening stops, they propose to fly to Yokohama, thence to Guam, Honolulu and back to California.

An earlier message from Washington said: —Lieutenant Albert Hulse, with Captain Lyon and four other inter-nationally-known aviators, propose to leavo New York on the first clear day in September to flv round the world, a distance of 13,500 miles. The aeroplane will be refuelled in the air at 22 stations, of which 10 will be for emergency use only. The details of the plan, which have been kept secret for over six months, are expected to be announced shortly. It is reported that the flight is backed for £IOO,OOO and will cost about £77,000.