AVIATION.
HINCKLER'S GREAT FEAT. Electric Telegraph—Press Association Copyright. (Australian-N.Z. Cable Association.) London, June 9. Lieut. Jliiu-k er used twenty galfons of )>et-r*>l during tile flight from London to Turin. His engine is ..he most distinguished in file history of any aero engine. According to Charles Gray, an aviation authority, it was used be Captain Hammersly in the Aerial Derby race in 1919, and by many early aviators. Replying 10 a suggestion that climbing the Alps was a rough proposition for such a small craft. Lieut. Hinekler said that when he reached there he would have on v a
couple of gallons of petrol, and 1 lie machine's ceiling would be better than anything the old Alps could put against her. I Limit. Hunkier d ! d not receive 1 any financial a-sislauee. Mr (tray : adds that Australia sbou'J be proud j of t bis w ond-rl ul pilot. I D.-serlhiu the passage i,l the All >' lin a lei : r to Ids wife, Hun kier j sirs: ' \s 1 gained the altitude I j I I nil! see nasty bhiek peaks poking , through. It was a trass task for a | poor engine, then di when up 10.000 j feet I bail In l it tier o , r one nr two of the highest peaks.’
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2497, 11 June 1920, Page 5
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