AVIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22487, 4 February 1935, Page 9

AVIATION

AERIAL TOURING LONDON TO SYDNEY SYDNEY, February 2. The Australian aviators, D. Collins and D. Wylie, completed a sight-seeing flight from London, when they landed at Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney, this evening. Their actual flying time was 120 hours.

INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE CONSIDERATION DEFERRED CANBERRA, February 2. The Minister for Defence (Mr R. A. Parkhill), discussing an air service linking Australia and New Zealand, said that although his department had long realised the advantages, there were many difficulties to overcome before a regular air service could be established over such a large expanse of water. The recent visit of the New Zealand delegation had provided an opportunity for an exchange of views on the subject, but deeper consideration deferred until after the return of the Commonwealth Controller of Civil Aviation from a trip abroad, where he was studying the latest developments in aircraft, wireless, and other aids to transoceanic navigation.

CRASH OF LINER DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION » BERLIN, February 1. The air liner crash is attributed to the formation* of ice on the wings and the wireless aerial during a blizzard. The pilot lost his way and was unable to get his position by wireless. His last wireless to Stettin said that the aerial was being slowly covered with ice. The machine crashed into a hillside a quarter of an hour later. TWO NOTABLE VICTIMS BERLIN, February 2. (Received Feb. 3, at 7 p.m.) The de Ruluft victims included Baron Marschall von Biebierstein, leader of the Airsport Association, and Pilot Hermann Westphal, who had flown a million kilometres on this route. Snow and darkness obliterated all landmarks and the liner was burnt three hours before the victims could be extricated. GREAT AIR JUNCTION FUTURE OF LIVERPOOL (British Official Wireless.) ' RUGBY, February 1. (Received Feb. 3, at 5.5 p.m.) At the inauguration at the Liverpool air port of the air mail service to the Isle of Man, the Lord Mayor said it was to be the forerunner of an extensive system of international air mail and passenger services, operating from Liverpool, which he foresaw ' would in the future be the great air junction of the north. FLIGHT TO JAPAN SYDNEY, February 3. (Received Feb. 3, at 6.30 p.m.) Squadron-leader T. W. White, a New Zealander, is contemplating a flight from Australia to Japan on a "goodwill mission." He has asked the postal authorities for permission to carry an official air mail. ,