AVIATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 27

AVIATION.

MR BROADBENT SAFE DETERMINED TO TRY AGAIN. BRISBANE, August 27. The airman, Mr Broadbent, when found, had been without food or water for 30 hours. He had not slept since Saturday night. With the help of the land party the plane was dragged from the mud and a runaway cleared. Later he reached Rockhampton. Mr Brgadbent was forced down on Monday morning and worked without success on the plane, then walked along the river bank seeking assistance, this accounting for the pilot seeing the plane, but not Mr Broadbent. The flyer walked for nearly 30 hours, and suffered badly with his feet, eventually throwing his boots away. An added horror was caused by the dingoes, which followed him. Undaunted, he will returr to Sydney and set out again, probably on Sunday.

Mr Broadbent was attempting to make a flight round Australia, and was seen in the vicinity of Rockhampton on Monday. Later an aeroplane sighted Broadbent's plane, which was bogged in the mud on an island in the Styx River, 700 miles north of Rockhampton. MISS AMY JOHNSON. TOKIO, August 28. Miss Amy Johnson resumed her flight for London at 5.20 this morning. She hopes to establish a record. FRENCH PLANE DAMAGED, RUGBY, August 27. An aeroplane belonging to the French Air Union was damaged while attempting to land at Croydon in a heavy ground mist. It ran through the aerodrome fence and came to rest across the roadway, blocking the tramway service. The pilot and the mechanic were unhurt. MISHAP TO ATCHERLEY. NEW YORK, August 28. A message from Cleveland (Ohio) states that Flight-commander Atcherley, of England, who was visiting there for the national air races, received cuts and bruises in making a landing to-day. THE GRAF ZEPPELIN. LONDON, August 29. The Graf Zeppelin has left Friedrichliafen on a non-stop flight to Pernambuco (Brazil), carrying 13 passengers and 45 of a crew. It is expected she will arrive not later than September 2, and return to Friedrichshafen during the week-end. Captain Eckener is commander on the voyage, which is the 216th.