AMBITIOUS FLIGHT

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16230, 3 January 1927, Page 7

AMBITIOUS FLIGHT

FRENCHMAN'S PROPOSAL TWICE OVER ATLANTIC (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received January .';, 10 a.m.) PAULS, Dec. 31. The noted aviator, Commandant Weiss, is setting out early in the newyear on a flight from Paris to Dakar, Buenos Aires, New York, England, and back to France, thus crossing the Atlantic twice.

NEW WORLD FLIGHT ZEPPELIN TO BE USED BERLIN, Dec. 23. Dr. Hugo Eckener will attempt a round-the-world flight, including Australia, as soon as Zeppelin LZI2S is completed and tested. The airship will follow the SevilleBuenos Aires line, and fly thence across the Pacific, but it is possible that no landings will be made, as a new light fuel gas will be used instead of heavy gasoline. Successful tests of Maybach motors using Dr. Lampertz's gas fuel warrant the use of the latter in the airship, which will be 50 per cent, larger than the airship Los Angeles. The new invention is being guarded with the greatest secrecy. At the conclusion of the world flight, it is intended that the Zeppelin be permanently employed on the European-South American service. FLIGHT TO INDIA OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN ALEXANDRIA, January 1. Sir Samuel Hoare's 'plane crossed the Mediterranean at a height of 50ft. Mr. Emmot, the cinematographer, missed the liner at Malta, and his absence was not perceived until the aeroplane started.