Aviation.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 23, 13 December 1919, Page 5

Aviation.

PASSENGER KILLED.

SERIOUS CROSS'CHANNEL ' x CASUALTY. ■ |C*J ivW' ■.-/ I i? .-::,'■ ■.■!'. v;,:.;,i pi • '■•>• 9 >'•

>ie.imi iiiO'l . .:.; ten'.'oak t •» '.i.>. > LOST AMONG SURREY HjL>S

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■Prff » Australian and* N.Z;' w*Je Association. (ReceiVea 9.0 a.m.) London, December 31. : A.-, serious casjja||y occurred in the cms,s-chahnel air service, ,'j A British pilot flying to Paris lost his way i in the mist among the Surrey Hills and crashed &i .EalaKh&Hi. i i uAi'i passenger was killed and pilot seriousfy injured.

ROSS-SMITH'S ACHIEVEMENT. asua : „; Press 1 Association—Copyright. • :: (Received 8.45 a.m.) v. ■•.[:■..'/: Melbourne^- December 16.

Ross-Smith's actual flving time was

Examinations _, showed that 5J officio 1, sears <sir esselftW parts' 'of the machine were unbroken, , . ..„.

COMMENT !N BRITAIN,

Press Aasn.-^ooyright—Australian

lias and N.Z. Cab)*) Aapoodatrion., (Received 9.10 a.m.) London, December 11.

All the'newspapers publish leading articles on. Ross-Smith, and quote the King's message that the success will bring Australia nearer the Mother Country. The Daily Telegraph expresses the opinion that the flight will rank in air navigation with the efforts of Columbus and Vascp ' Da Gama in ocean navigation. Nevertheless, the age of wonders in aviation lies ahead, not behind us.

Captain Alcock states that RossSmith's wonderful achievement is a triumph for British aviation, also the hall mark of reliability and endurance for machine and engine.

FLIGHT ACROSS. AUSTRALIA,

Pre»B Association -Copyright, Australian and N. 55. Cable Association. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Darwin, December 15. Captain "Wrigley flying from Melbourne to meet Ross-Smith has arrived, thus competing the first flight l across Australia.