Aviation.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 50, 28 February 1914, Page 5

Aviation.

FLIGHT OF THE ATLANTIC. A FRENCHMAN'S PLANS. [By Electric Teleguaph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.15 a.m.) Paris, February 27. Aviator Dimus has submitted plans for crossing the Atlantic to a trial navigation society. The machine is jto be a triplano with four 200-horse (power motors, and will have a speed lof fifty-four miles. It will carry ! three pilots, three mechanics, three 'naval officers, and a commander. The I total weight of the machine will bo jnine thousand kilogrammes. j —:— ; London, February 26. 1 Colonel Seely, Minister for War, ■ states that Britain has 161 aeroplanes, |an increase of 40 since June 30, despite 42 scrapped with a view to ■ minimising risks. He added: “Brittain is insisting op- a higher degree lof safety than any other country. | The military wing has flown one hundred thousand miles in eight months ! without a fatality. It is proposed to maintain 250 aeroplanes, necessitating 1 125 new ones ajinually. The problem j of getting sufficient aeroplanes and enjgiiies in Britain is now solved, the average speed is the highest in Europe.” AN ALTITUDE RECORD. Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8 a.m.) Paris, February 26. Garaux, in an aeroplane with four passengers, rose to an altitude record of 10,335 feet. THE CALL OF THE AIR. (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, February 26. Replying to questions respecting Mr Churchill’s and Colonel Seely’s frequent flights iu aeroplanes, the Premier regretted that their valuable lives were risked, hut he feared lie would he unable to dissuade them.