AVIATION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16822, 30 May 1919, Page 7

AVIATION.

THREE PLANES START,: FROM NEWFOUNDLAND. Australian and N'.Z. Cable Assn. NEW YORK, May 26. Tha New YorK "Times" irepussy Bay correspondent, stages toiat after an uiu.successful Mi/tdai l attempt to leave for the Azores on the 15 Ui May, United Ktates naval seaplanes started on the traais-Aiciant.c flight on the. 16th, u. feiv minuices alter 6 p.m. Mechanics worked all night preparing one plan's, which had been damaged in tha iiighti from Halifax to Trepassey. The maeh.un.es weighed 2S/JUO pounds eaoii, fully lioadeid. They must travel 1540 miles in- arefca- to reach Ponta Delgada, Azores. They are expected to complete the trip in sixteen hours. BRITISH AIRSHIP TO TRY.

LONDON, May 16. The Air Ministry contemplates that super-airship A 34 will shortly attempt a non-stop Atlantic flight from Ireland to Newfoundland via th® Azores, carrying puffksent fuel for the round trip. Itis pointed out that thfre is nio hangar in America large enough to house tills monster airship. THE AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT, Received 9-40 p.m., May 29th, LONDON. 'May 28. Hinkler will make an unaccompanied flight to Australia He . expects to. start in a few days, otherwise the monsoons will cause postponement for three months . His preparations ale completed, and he awaits the Aero Club's appointment of an official starter at Hounslow aerodrome, also an examiner at Singapore, where the ma* chine will be checked. The machine carries 57} gallons of petrol, sufficient for ten hours cruising at a speed of ninety miles an hour. STRAYED DIRIGIBLE EifiaOv^ffiiiED ST. JOHNS, May 16. A : United desjixroyer has re* tunssd with the dirigible lost at sea.