OUT OF THE BLUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20596, 21 June 1930, Page 32 (Supplement)

OUT OF THE BLUE.

A nine-hour train-plnno service from San Antonio to Mexico City is planned.

The Chilean Air Service has ordered 40 military aeroplanes in tho United States,

Bombing planes will be nsed to exterminate infected herds of wild horses in Oregon, if the United States Army heeds the requests of ranchers.

Mademoiselle Elena Bernstein, a Russian pilot who broke the flying endurance record for women recently, remained in the air for 35 hours 46 minutes 55 seconds'

Herr Raesch set up a new parachute descont record at Berlin recontly when y ho juniped from an aeroplane at a height of i6,400ft. His descent lasted 20 minutes 6 Eoconds.

Tho French Air Ministry announces that, in order to provide a reserve of trained airmen, it is willing to pay half tho cost and maintenance of privatelyowned aeroplanes built in France.

Tho Tasmanian Glider Club is gradually progressing. Four lady members were recently enrolled, and tno club glider is nearly ready for tho fabric, only needing bracing ancl tho attachment of several metal "fittings,

Tho Wellington Aero Club's third aeroplane arrived in Wellington from Sockburn on June 13 It ia an all-metal De Havilland Moth. As soon as weather por mits the new Moth will bo used for train ing purposes, and <as the Simmonds Spartan has a cracked cylinder "and the damage the coupe-Moth received in its recont crash has not been repaired, the arrival of this machine is time'y. Two onormous claws, capable of doing tho work of 1000 men are being prepared at tho Cardington Air Station. Mounted on a trolley and running on rails embeddod in concrete, the claws will bo usod for handling tho IMOO aud R.lOl. This dovico will enablo tho airships to bo moved from tho sheds oven in a stiff wind, whereas hitherto such operations had to wait until absoluto calm provailed as tho 500 men at present employod at tho station cannot drag ono of tho ships from tho shod ifl windy weather.