WRECKED MACHINE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22191, 19 August 1935, Page 9

WRECKED MACHINE

DOUBTFUL CONDITION RESTRICTED LICENCE MADE OF SECOND-HAND PARTS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received August 18, 5.5 p.m.) LOS ANGELES. - Aug. 17 It became known in . Los Angeles to-day that the aeroplane in which Messrs. Post and Rogers crashed in Alaska was made of second-hand parts and was operating under a restricted Government licence. The two men were on a vacation trip and had already flown over a large part of Alaska, the Canadian Yukon and the north-west territories. There had been uncertainty as to what their future plans were, with a possibility of a leisurely flight around the world. Mr. Rogers is believed to have been financing the trip. GRIEF IN AMERICA WAVE OF BEREAVEMENT HONOURING THE VICTIMS (Received August 18, 9.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 17 A wave of sincerest bereavement has swept the United States at the loss of the nation's foremost flier and best beloved humorist. The Senate was adjourned. Flags were flown at half mast throughout Oklahoma, the home State of Mr. Post. Hundreds of memorial services are planned throughout the country. Motor-boats conveyed the bodies of the two victims of the crash to Point Barrow. Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who was an intimate friend of both men, has offered their wives any assistance desired. Ho has asked PanAmerican Airways, of which he is technical director, to arrange for its subsidiary, Pacific-Alaska Airways, to fly the bodies to Fairbanks, where they will bo transferred to a coastguard vessel.

Both tho Senate and the House of Representatives have authorised an expenditure of 25,001) dollars to purchase the Winnie Mae, the aeroplane in which Messrs. Post and Gatty flew round tho world. It will be placed in the Smithsonian Institute, where Colonel Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and other famous aircraft are housed for posterity. LOSS TO AVIATION MR. WILEY POST'S SKILL FORMER COLLEAGUE'S TRIBUTE (Received August 18, 5.5 p.m.) MELBOURNE. Auk. 18 Mr. Harold Gatty, who flew round the world with the late Mr. Wiley Post, in an interview in Melbourne said he was deeply grieved to hear of the death of his friend. " Mr. Post was an extraordinary man," said Mr. Gatty. " He had no nerves at all. He had only one eye but he had started to learn to fly before he lost the other eye, which enabled him to gauge the relative sizes of things and obtain a judgment of distance which stood him in good stead afterwards.

"He would fly in any kind of weather. The only reason why we did not remain together was the fact that our interests were along different lines. " Mr. Rogers' death will be a blow to Americans. He was tho best friend aviation had."