AVIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21987, 23 June 1933, Page 9

AVIATION

A NOTABLE FLIGHT \ MRS BONNEY REACHES ENGLAND. LONDON, June 21. Mrs Bonney has arrived at Croydon. She is the first woman to fly from Australia to England. She said she suffered severely while crossing the desert between Bagdad and Aleppo owing to bitter, unexpected cold. Approaching Sofia from Constantinople she struck bad weather over the mountains, one of which she nearly hit. She was forced to land at Plovdiv, where there was no petrol,' so had to wait until it was sent from Sofia. After leaving Budapest she encountered appalling weather. She flew blind in circles, and was forced down in a field which proved to her dismay to he Gmund, just over” the border in Czechoslovakia, for which she had no permit. Mrs Bonney was indignant at the Czechs for ransacking her machine and detaining her for a whole day. THE MOLLISONS’ FLIGHT FRESH START FROM PENDINE SANDS. LONDON, June 21. Mr and Mrs Mollieon, after inspecting the Pendine Sands, definitely decided to take off from there about July 7 when the moon is at the full. The damaged machine has been almost entirely rebuilt. FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD ULM REACHES DERBY. SYDNEY, June 22. (Received dime 22, at 7 p.m.) A message from Derby stales that the Faith in Australia, the plane in which Flight-lieutenant Ulm and his co-pilot* have embarked on an attempt to fly round the world, arrived after a flight of 2100 miles from Richmond occupying 21 hours 17 minutes. The trip was uneventful. THE ASTRAEA DELAYED HEAVY RAINS PREVENT TAKE-OFF SYDNEY, June' 22. (Received June 22, at 7 p.m.) Heavy rains this morning prevented Hie Astraca from leaving Longreach for Brisbane. SPANISH PLANE LOCATED ONE OF CREW DEAD. MEXICO CITY. June 21. The Government announced to-day that Hie aeroplane Cuarto Yientos, bearing two' Spanish transatlantic flyers from Cuba to Mexico, had been located, in the State of Puebla. One of the flyers was dead. A LATER REPORT. NO TRACE OF FLYERS. MEXICO CITY, June 21. ("Received June 22, at 8.30 p.m.) \ Searchers who returned late to-night from Rerion said that they were unable to find any trace of the flyers. It was reported from the office of the President that the search would be continued until the flyers or the plane had been found. Captain Mariano Barbcran and Lieutenant Joaquin Collar, Spanish armv officers, completed a non-stop flight from Spain to Cuba on June 11.