AVIATION.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1628, 3 May 1919, Page 8

AVIATION.

DEATH OF VEDRINES. Bf CaUt — Prrtt AnociaXUm — C*nn§i&. a. & »X> PARIS, Apr. 22 i.i<layed). if. Vedrines, jn attempting a flight from "Vjllacoublay to Rome, fell from a great height .near Lyons and was killed. _ TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. AuttraUcu n„S A".Z- CalU Amo-tiu... (Rh:. May 3, 9.30) ST. JOHKU A»r. » (delayed). Hawker and Raynham have been ready for-nearlv a week to start Iheif flight Thev have been awaiting only the Air Ministry's report that there are favourable conditions at sea. Both are living near the hangars, ready to start at a, moment's notice. A start seemed probable to-day. The local weather conditions weft good, but the Air Ministry's report stating that the conditions at sea were favourable came too late.