OUT OF THE BLUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 16

OUT OF THE BLUE.

Af flit res-til (J of an active canvass, I lit 1 Nelson Automobile As.sociation has passed ythe rliousand murk in membership and ii'jw has as its objective the 1500-in;irk. I: is reported Irom City that the Workmen's Compensation Bureau has awarded Lndv Heath a settlement of three thousand dollars lor injuries sustained when her aeropl'ino crashed last August Ui Cleveland. The world's / altitude record for light teaplanes has,/ it is reported, been beaten by the Italian pilots Antonini and Tie-t-isan, who reached a height of 5324 m, (17.46711.) on a Caproni 100, fitted with a Cirrus Hermes 11. j ,\ 19-year-old boy of Puers, Belgium, vilio had never left his native village, recently designed an aeroplane, every part of which, except the wheels, he built himself, and in wliich he installed a Chevro- ' let engine, jOn his initial take-off he cleared the ground by six feet, flow around the village and descended safely. Newfoundland is hoping to begin an experimental mail service this year. The contract rails for six two-way trips from St. John's to to wire in the . Northern Peninsula. The distance of a single trip is 720 miles, and there will be one flight per week. The aeroplanes are. to have » carrying- capacity of 3001b. of mail.