AVIATION

Southland Times, Issue 20445, 24 March 1928, Page 7

AVIATION

ATTACK ON SPEED RECORD. Rugby, March 22. Royal Air Force pilots are Being invited to volunteer for an attack on the world’s air speed record. Hundreds of applications are expected and the pilot considered to have the best qualifications from the standpoint of physique and experience in high speed flights will be selected. A Supermarine Napier S 5 similar to that in which Flight-Lieutenant Kinkead was to have made his effort will be used. —British Official Wireless. THE RECENT DISASTERS. London, March 22. Sir Samuel Hoare told a questioner that he had no further information regarding Hinchcliffe’s Endeavour. At the commencement of the flight from Cranwell he telegraphed the Air Ministry that no destination had been mentioned, and it was assumed that Hinchcliffe was going to an aerodrome near Dublin. No change of plans was reported to the Ministry. He also said that Lieut. Kinkead on his fatal flight used special fuel which was experimental and two service squadrons had prolongedly tested it. It contained a portion of ethyl. There was no evidence that petrol fumes had disabled Kinkead.—A. and N.Z. WIRELESS EXPERT KILLED. (Rec. 9.20 p.m.) London, March 22. The Air Force has sustained a heavy loss in the death of Flight-Lieutenant Jezzard who was killed in a crash a couple of miles from his own home. He was a wireless expert and personally passed the wireless equipment for every air-force machine. —A. and N.Z. FITTERS ON STRIKE (Rec. 1 a.m.) London, March 23. A hundred fitters struck work over a wages dispute in the airship factory at Howden where RlOO is being constructed. It is feared that the delay will favour Germany’s feverish efforts to establish the first transAtlantic airship service.—A. and N.Z.