AVIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21734, 27 August 1932, Page 11

AVIATION

HARBOUR GRACE TO OSLO PLANE HOPS OFF (United Press Association,) (By Electric Telegraph 1 —Copyright.) HARBOUR GRACE, August 25. Lee and Bocbkon hopped off for Oslo at 5.31 a.m. to-day, with gasoline for a 37 hours’ flight. They expected to take 30 hours. The weather reports are good. The doors of the cabin were sealed, emergency gasoline tanks installed, and a hole cut through the roof as a means of entrance and exit. In the case of being forced down they hope to empty the gasoline cans to give buoyancy until the motor can be cut from the plane with a hack-saw that they are carrying for the purpose. J SIR MOLLISON. RETURN FLIGHT POSTPONED. NEW YORK, 1 August 25. Mr Mollison has postponed his return flight for some days owing to an unfavourable weather forecast. THE HOPS HOMEWARD. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 25. (Received August 26, at 5.5 p.m.) “It is reported that Mr Mollison hopes to start from New York on the first fine evening for St. John, New Brunswick, on his return flight across the Atlantic. He will leave on the second evening for Harbour Newfoundland, and on the following morning for London, via Ireland. Mrs Mollison plans to fly to meet her husband over Ireland and escort him to Croydon aerodrome. The Secretary for Air received the following telegram from Mr' Mollison: “ Many thanks for the congratulations from the Air Coundil, which I greatly appreciate.” NEW YORK’S HOSPITALITY. “A SCOTSMAN’S PARADISE.” NEW YORK, August 25. Several speakers at a luncheon to-day in honour of Mr Mollison referred to the fact that he had but B 7 cents when he landed in Canada. Mr Mollison, responding, said: “ I still have 67 cents, so I think New York must be a real Scotsman’s paradise.”

FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD, , HERR VON GRONAU’S PROGRESS. NEW YORK, August 25. A message from Cordova (Alaska) states that Herr von Gronau hopped off for Dutch Harbour to-day. ANOTHER HOP COMPLETED. DUTCH HARBOUR (Alaska), i August 25. (Received August 26, at 9 p.m.) Herr Von Gronau has arrived from Cordova, covering the 900 miles in nine hours. MRS PUTNAM’S PLIGHT. DISTANCE RECORD BROKEN. NEWARK (New Jersey), August 25. Mrs Putnam landed at 10.28 a.m. today from Los Angeles, having completed the first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman in 19hr 7min. She also won the distance flight record for a woman—2soo miles. The record was previously held by Ruth Nichols, with 2000 miles—Oakland to Louisville (Kentucky) last year. Mrs Putnam, who was very tired, was nearly mobbed by the crowd, whose anxiety was increased by the fact that she was reported only once during the entire trip. ' / “It was a beautiful trip,” she said. “If I had had similar .wither on my first attempt I would have broken' the record then.” She flew mostly at 10,000 feet, and followed the air lines, cutting the corners a bit. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS. THIRTEENTH YEAR OF WORKING. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 25. (Received August 26, With the arrival at Croydon last night of the Imperial Airways liner Horatius British civil aviation completed its thirteenth year of working. During the' first year an average of 20 passengers flew the Channel every week, but the total has steadily risen until last week nearly 3000 air travellers entered or left Croydon air station.