PROGRESS OF PILOTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21937, 22 October 1934, Page 9

PROGRESS OF PILOTS

SCOTT TAKES THE LEAD MOLLISONS' MISFORTUNE DELAY OCCURS, AT KARACHI By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 22, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 21 Mr. C. W. A. Scott and Mr. T. Campbell Black, who started at a.m. on Saturday, reached Bagdad at 9 p.m., 20 minutes after Mr. and Mrs. Mollison had left. They arrived at Allahabad at 2.45 p.m. (local time) on Sunday. Mr. K. D. Parmentier, who is accompanied by Messrs. J. J. Moll, Vanbrugge, Prins and three passengers, started at 6.345 a.m. on Saturday. They landed at Rome and again at Athens, refuelled, and took off at 5.52 p.m. After calling at Aleppo, they reached Bagdad at 11.5 p.m. and took off at midnight for Allahabad. Their next stop was at Karachi at 2.20 p.m. (local time), and they took off immediately for Allahabad. Messrs. D. L. Astes, G. J. Geysendorfer and Prone, who took off at 6.321 a.m. on Saturday, called at Leipsig for 10 minutes and then pressed on to Athens. They landed at Bagdad at 12.6 a.m. Sunday, their machine being the fourth in at the first control point for the speed race. Colonel Roscoe Turner, who, with Mr. C. Pangborn and Miss R. Nichols, took off at 6.302 a.m. on Saturday, reached Athens at 6.1 p.m., and landed at Bagdad' at 2 a.m. Sunday. He took off again 40 minutes later. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison, started at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday, and arrived at Bagdad at 7.10 p.m., after a flight of 2553 miles. Their average speed was over 200 miles an hour. After refuelling, they left Bagdad for Allahabad, a distance of 2300 miles, at 8.40 p.m. At 4.35 а.m. on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Mollison reached Karachi about 1500 miles from Bagdad. They left again for Allahabad, but had to return owing to the retractable undercarriage being jammed. They are remaining there until this morning. Lieutenant O. Cathcart-Jones, who is with Mr. J. Waller, left at б.3IJ a.m., reached Athens and flew on to Bagdad, where they arrived at 5.12 a.m. on Sunday. They are delayed there for engine repairs. Messrs. J. Woods and Bennett, after taking off at a.m. on Saturday, reached Marseilles at 10.24 a.m. and Rome at 2.30 p.m., but were delayed at Athens, where they arrived at 6.10 p.m., sustaining some damage in landing. Trouble with batteries also contributed to the delay, but eventually they reached Aleppo at 8.5 a.m., only to turn over on landing. They were obliged to retire from the race. Miss J. Cochran and Mr. Wesley Smith started the race at 6.35J а.m. on Saturday. They had difficulty in landing at Bucharest, and retired there. Squadron-Leader J. D. Hewett, Flying-Officer C. E. Kay and Mr. F. Stewart, left Mildenhall at 6.39 a.m. on Saturday and had a forced landing at Boulogne due to engine trouble. They reached Rome at 2.6 p.m. Lieutenant M. Hansen and Mr. Jensen, taking off at 6.40J a.m., on Saturday, landed at Marseilles at 1.5 p.m. They continued to Rome, reaching there at 4.15 p.m., and were at Athens at 8.25 p.m. Mr. C. G. Davies, whose time of departure was 6.362 a.m. on Saturday, landed at Rome at 4.15 p.m., and later near Brindisi. Messrs. J. H. Wright and J. Polando took off at 6.36 a.m. on Saturday and called at Lyons and Marseilles, landing at the latter city at 12.20 p.m. After being delayed with engine trouble, they continued to Rome, which was reached at 4.40 p.m. The youngest pilot in the race, Mr. C. J. Melrose, left Mildenhall at б.442 a.m. on Saturday, and flew to Marseilles by 12.8 p.m. He also took off again for Rome, where his time of arrival was 4.40 p.m. Squadron-Leader D. E. Stodart and Mr. K. G. Stodart, after taking off from Mildenhall at 6.43J a.m. on Saturday, reached Marseilles at 12.28 p.m. They continued their flight, and were next reported at' Rome at 4.45 p.m. Squadron-Leader M. C. McGregor and Mr. H. C. Walker took the air at Mildenhall at 6.42 a.m. on Saturday, and were in Marseilles at 11.15 a.m. Their next stop was made at Rome, where they landed at at 8.35 p.m. Captain T. Neville Stack and Messrs. S. L. Turner and McArthur, the scratch men in the handicap section, left at 6.33 a.m. on Saturday. They were forced down at Abbeville, France, by bad weather, in the very early stages. Later they transferred to Le Bourget, the airport of Paris, where they decided to await better conditions.