AVIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 9

AVIATION

THE LOCKHEED PLANE CERTIFICATE NOT ISSUED WASHINGTON, August 27. -If is understood that there is some possibility -that ' Sir Kingsford Smiths Lockheed, plane; may not be admitted to England because the Department of Commerce here has not -yet granted certification of inspection. The department; in response to representations by the Australian authoriti.es, sought data from the Lockheed factory, but this has .hitherto not been forthcoming. There is* some fear that the department may contend-that it cannot issue a certificate for an aeroplane which it, has not seen and which was shipped from the country before it could inspect it for details 6n j which admittance into England apparently depends. Every effort is being made to straighten the matter out. ; CENTENARY RACE : : THE ITALIAN ENTRY • ROME, August 2S. : . (Received .August 29, at 0.35 a.m.) ■ Two Air Force officers, Major Attilio Biseo and Captain Osvaldo Baldi, will replace Signors Passaleya and Taenia as. pilots of the Savoia Marchetti,, the entry for the Melbourne Air Race. Biseo participated in the Noith and South Aty iantic flights by the air armadas under' General Balbo; He won. the Bisesco Gup in 1933. ; ' . / PROGRESS IN INDIA CALCUTTA, August 28. ' (Received August 29, at 0.45 a.m.) The' Government of India’s scheme for the development of civil aviation at an estimated cost of £750,000 was approved by. the Standing Committee of the Assembly. The expenditure, which will he spread over three years, includes £375,000 for landing grounds and aerodromes. This expenditure ,is necessitated by the rapidly growing volume of traffic, from which the Government cannot fail to obtain pecuniary advantages.