PROGRESS OF AVIATION.
EAST PLYING TO INDIA. AMAZING FEAT OF DUTCH AIRMEN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 6, 5.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 5. Aviation circles are most impressed by the remarkable flight of Flying Officer Koppen, accompanied by Pilot Fryne, and mechanic Elerman, who arrived at Karachi in three days fr6m Amsterdam. They will continue the flight to Java. .. It is suggested the flight opened up the possibilities of Australian planes picking up mail at Java, thereby reducing the mails from England to ten days.
GERMANS ATLANTIC FLIGHT. MACHINE FORCED DOWN. ■r Cablft—Press Association—Copyright. . Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 6, 7.30 p.m.) LISBON, October 6. The Junkers aeroplane had a forced landing on the beach at Santa Cruz, near Torres Vedras. Wireless appeals for help were picked up, and the cruiser Vasco da Gama has gone to the ’plane’s assistance.
BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA. BIG MONOPLANE PREPARING. By Cabl#—Pres. Aisoeiation—Copyrljbl. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SAN FRANCISCO, October 5. It is definitely announced that the Fokker monoplane Southern Cross will hop off on October 18 for Australia, via Honolulu.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17772, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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