ABANDONED FLIGHT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932, Page 9

ABANDONED FLIGHT

MOLLISON AT QUEBEC JOINING LINER FOR HOME MACHINE TO BE SHIPPED By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received September 2. 5.5 p.m.) QUEBEC. Sept. 1 Mr. J. A. Mollison left Sydney, Nova Scotia, for Quebec at 11 a.m. to-day to embark on the Empress of Britain on Saturday for England. lie landed here at 5.25 p.m. \ Mr. Mollison first brought his aeroplane down in a field on the south side of the St. Lawrence River. Later he hopped off again, crossed the river and reached the airport at Quebec. His machine is to be | crat-cd and shipped to London on the Em- | press of Britain.

HUMAN MACHINERY STRAIN NOT WITHSTOOD ADMISSION BY AIRMAN (Received September 2. 6.3 p.m.) British Wifeless RUGBY, Sept. 1 In replying to a cablegram from Lord Wakefield, urging Mr. Mollison to abandon his return flight across the Atlantic, the airman said: "Unfortunately rny human machinery has not stood the strain as well as my machine and engine. I realise that any mishap to my physical element would bo detrimental to the best interests of aviation which you have done so much to further.