LONE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18848, 10 April 1931, Page 9

LONE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

Attack On Fine Record, SCOTT’S WONDERFUL PROGRESS. United Press Association—By Electrlo Telegraph—Copyi 'ght SINGAPORE, April 8. The airman, Mr C. W. Scott, has arrived. He is still a few hours ahead of AirCommodore Kingsford Smith’s record. Mr Scott spent the previous night at Victoria Point, and left Singapore for Palambang in the afternoon. The airman hopes to take off from Palambang for Bima to-morrow. KEEPING UP TO SCHEDULE. SCOTT PASSES OVER BATAVIA. United Press Assoclation--B7 Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received April 10, 12.25 a.m.) SINGAPORE, April 9. The Queensland airman, Mr Scott, still hustling, passed over Batavia (Java) to-day, and signalled he was continuing the flight. BEST SOLO FLIGHTS. SOME WONDERFUL FLYING. Miss Johnson's record is as follows: Miles. sth May—Croydon to Vienna .. 800 6th May—Constantinople 850 7th May—Aleppo 600 ! Bth May—Bagdad 460 | 9th May—Bundar Abbas 850 10th May—Karachi 700 11th May—Allahabad 950 j 12th May—Calcutta 475 | 13th May—lneein (near Rangoon) 620 14th and 15th May—Delayed for repairs : 16th May—Bankok 375 I 17th May—Singora 400 I 18th May—Singapore 500 ! 19th May—Tjomal 570 20tli May—Sourabaya 285 21st May—Delayed for repairs. ! 22nd May—Haliloelik (near Atamboea) 890 23rd May—Delayed at Atamboea 24th May—Darwin .. 510 9925 Hinkler’s Record Flight. Squadron-Leader Bert Hinkler’s flight consisted of the following hops: Miles. 7th Feb.—Croydon to Rome .. .. 870 Bth Feb. —Malta 430 9th Feb.—Benghazi 400 10th and 11th Feb.—Ramleh .. .. 900 12th Feb.—Basra 800 13th Feb.—Jask 730 ' 14th Feb.—Karachi 570 15th Feb.—Cawnpore 850 ! 16th Feb.—Calcutta 600 17th Feb.—Rangoon 620 | JBth Feb.—Victoria Point 500 j 19th Feb. —Singapore 710 j 20th Feb.—Bandoeng 640 j 21st Feb.—Bima 830 22nd Feb.—Darwin 950 Total miles 10,400 Hinkler probably flew about 12,000 miles in actually traversing this course, as the distances given are for straightline flight. Hinkler broke records from j the beginning, making the first nonI stop flight from Croydon to Rome, flying for 13 hours, the last three hours in darkness, and landing by the light of flares. He also set up a record for the longest flight ever made in a light aeroplane, Flight-Lieutenant Benkey having held the previous record for a flight from England to Capetown in 1927. Hinkler took fifteen flying days against Miss Johnson’s sixteen flying days.