WORLD AIR FLIGHTS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1927, Page 7

WORLD AIR FLIGHTS

RETURN GF FLYING FEVER MISS RUTH ELDER S RESCUE BIG SUM ASKED FOR STORY OTHER LONG SURVEY TRIPS By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Oct. 16, 8.30 p.m. London. Oct. 15. Miss Ruth Elder's remarkable midAtlantic rescue is the central feature In an extraordinary series of long distance Sights, including two to Australia and two to America. Miss Elder’s adventure continues to excite an interest only paralleled by Hawker's rescue after 'his attempt to fly . the Atlantic some years ago. It is estimated the American Girl was in the air 41 hours 26 minutes. The release of the full story appears to be complicated by the attitude of Miss Elder’s backers, who declare: "We Lave instructed her to keep her mouth ehut until we sell the story.” According to advices, they are asking £30,000 for it. The Barendroeeht’s captain wirelessed the landing of Miss Eider and Captain Haldemann at the Azores on Saturday. Both were fatigued. Miss Elder is continuing by boat to Paris. A graphic wireless message reveals that the machine was struck by a terrific storm on Wednesday night and battled eight hours until daylight, when the oil pressure gauge began to drop and they feared the engine would fail at any moment. They zig-zagged for five hours until they sighted the vessel. The crew secured the plane and decided to salvage. They vverj about to haul it aboard .when it burst into flames and wae almost instantaneously destroyed. Nothing was saved. • The Barendroeeht's wireless operator narrates that when the ’plane alighted the aviators climbed to the top of the machine and Miss Elder donned a safety suit. The rough sea increased the difficulties of launching the boat for the launching explosions threw flames up to the height of the ship’s bridge,’ ami if the Barendroeeht had carried petrol she would have been blown up. The aviators lost their parachutes, luggage and passports. Received Oct. 15, 5.5 p.m. Lisbon, Oct. 14. Madame Lillie Dillenz, an Austrian act-css, flew to the Azores with the Junker’s crew, who wait there in order to congratulate Miss Elder and Captain Haldemann on their escape. Received Oct. 16, 9 p.m. London. Oct. 15. Considerable excitement has been aroused in the Azores by the arrival

of the Junker’s plane with Madame Dillenz. She will await Miss Elder's arrival in order to convey to her Europe’s pongrat u-a ; ions, Madame Dillenz will then take oil for New York, a distance of 2100 miles. Miss Elder and Captain Haldemann left America for France last Monday, following the flying route across the Atlantic negotiated by Captain Lindbergh. Elaborate preparations were made for their reception at the le Bourget aerodrome, but excitement turned to anxiety when no word -was received of the aviators. Thirty hours after the departure of the American Girl only one ship had reported sighting the aeroplane 600 miles at sea, five hours after its departure. No further word was received thereafter, although it was estimated several hundred-ships plying the route via the Maine coast from Roosevelt Field Nova Seotia and -cross the Atlantic. Then on Wednesday morning wireless messages were received that the mono plane American Girl, with Miss Eldei and Captain Haldemann aboard, had beet forced to alight on the ocean off th< Azores because of a broken oil-pipe. Tin Barendroeeht was near at hand ahc took the aviators aboard. LONG JOURNEYS FOR SURVEY. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA. Received Oct. 16, 8.30 p.m. London, Oct. 15. Monday will witness the- start of foui Supermarine Napier flying boats on an Empire tour of 25,000 miles to Australia. It will occupy a year and a chain of marine air stations connecting India and Australia is expected to be the result. Early next month Sir Allan Cobham will leave in what is expected to be the world's bigjest and fastest flying boat on a 20,000 miles' flight 'encircling the African continent. The machine is lent by the Air Ministry, who are co-operating in a survey of air routes and air stations. OOSTES LANDS AT PERNAMBUCO. SENEGAL TO BRAZIL FLIGHT. Received Oct. 10, 8.30 p.m. . London, Oct. 15. Costee has set out on his big flying adventure from Senegal to Braz.il with serene confidence, despite the fact that tfie same stretch of ocean thus far has not been crossed in a non-stop flight. He is expected .to complete the journey in from IS to 20 hours. Received Oct. 16, 5.5 p.m. Vancouver, Oct. 14. A message from Pernambuco states that Coates and Le Brix landed at Port Natal, 160 miles north of Pernambuco, at 11.40 to-night. Received Oct. 17, 1.15 a.m. Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 16. Conquering the South Atlantic for the first, time, Caste and Le Brix came tc rest in Rio harbour last night from Perham bueo. EROM ’FRISC-) TO NEW ZEALAND. ELIGHT TO START ON WEDNESDAY. Received Oct. 16.45.5 p.m. New York, Oct. 14. Captain Gib's hopped off from lowa to-day for the Pacific Coast after a week's delay caused by a broken oil pump. lie is landing at Cheyenne, Wyoming, to-night, cn-route to the eoast. He stated that he plans to Imp off from San Francisco for New Zealand next Wednesday, flying-via Hawaii. New York, Oct. 14. Captain Kingsford Smith, at San Frantu-' O, announce; that bi* plans have been

’•hanged and he will not leave for .Honolulu until. November 3 because he wants i ;>e maximum moonlight. The plane •nay be taken to Los Angeles for the installation of navigation instruments. EUROPEAN AERON Al' TH ',B. THREE AVIATORS KILLED. Received Oct. 15. 5.5 p.m. Berne, Oct. 14. A military aeroplane crashed al Kireh-doi-f. The occupants, Captain von Tobe) and Lieutenant Sugi were killed. Received Oct.- 15, 5.5 p.m. Brussels, Oct. 14.. Two aeroplanes collided at Evere. One landed, the pilot being injured slightly. T’.e other crashed from 450 feet and the pilot was killed.