AVIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22204, 6 March 1934, Page 9

AVIATION

TOE CENIENARY.BACE g. MELBOURNE.; March 5. i 1 mfc&U* «*tt4nU.for tha, Centenary Air Race; are Gytil Bay and fl. Pif»r (NeirMeilandera). t&y tntemTto fly ’ «yto>NowZ*U*i :. <;; mrandmrsmolijson, DinNiTELTrcoMPenso. \ I I - ’LONDON, February id. would definitely compete in the CenvSSfa- Alt Race, Mn Axny Mollison baa refitra^'frail the United States. Her ■ hnabaad and Lady : Drogheda, mother at Southampton. She Haia.lb the beet.of ; lOEforida- Their inline .will be a deStarilland Comet, and they will ahare the piloting. vM#-^ v i ■ > - ; MoUiaon la at prepent concentrating oa ihair plam and Igkeenly anticipatfng reeistting Australia, be told .the Bun. r ; He said that be had reason to remember : -''f Abstjralia' in the most kindly and gratetbl manner. Tbe airman denied the

: < report that he Intend 'to 7 attempt * , stratosphere flight, and explained that he had merely said , that, the .next derelopment was obviously the exploration of the stratosphere ha an * adjunct ; to highspeed.. . „• 'V He;, remarked: " Our Interest, at is, only speeds .'lnterest in the ; ; stratosphere is only abstract, but tlie time is roming when high will irmn bigb 'speed.” * •»

FRENCH AIRMiV "MISSING.

" .'V. - 'V PARIS, March 4. There are grave fears for the airman i Costesj #ho left’ La.Bourget at noon ■< on;. Saturday on ’*• non-stop , flight, to v 77 &m*tiha|ten in a small touring plane. / He mayiutre fallen into the North Sea, whk& two Danish seaplanes are searchv : ‘ v ' ■.‘■'l-'-.

; . 0 A GLIDING RECORD.

i* - - , ' ' BRISBANE,.: March: 5. : (Received March fl.' Rt 0.15 *.mo ; David Milne, honorary instructor for ; tha South port and' Flying Club, established a ;Queentland duration gliding; record .at Palm. Beach yesterday, wbeu he kept aloft for GO minutes and miles. At'onhatage he reerhfd an altitude of'l2oo fest.