AVIATION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 8

AVIATION.

FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA THE " KANCAROG«tl w PROGRESS. **y Tefegrspk—Prc.«» A«snci»Uon-o»pyflf»t "Th« Tiinw" Seme*. LONDON, NovemW 29. Caplnir, "Wilkiiis in the " Kanga« too" piano, which left *Hounak>vr ,on November 21, and arrived at St Raphael, near Frejus. on v\vo sonth coast of France, on November 29, left St Raphael for Capua at 9.30 on Saturday morning, in fine .weather. ROSS SMITH AT RANGOON. United Service. (Received December 1, 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, December 1. Ross Smith cabled from Rangoon on November 30 stating that lie left Akyab.'at 7.30 and arrived at Rangoon at noon. He experienced good weather. He followed the coast for 100 miles, then travelled east across the mountains, which aro rugged and j heavily timbered. He . struck the | Irrawaddy near Prome and thenco j travelled south. He circled over Rangoon for ten minutes, then landed on ! the racecourse, where he was received I by a, crowd of about 40,000, who gave j him a great ovation. The Vickers-I Vimy is the first machine whirh has! over landed in Rangoon "We were J coming here yesterday direct from Calcutta, Ross Smith ndds, "but the! I aces were in progress. The Turf j Club offered ■:<• postpone the races, but! wo landed at Alcyab instead. All. well. Hope to reach fiangok to-mor-row." POULET'S PROGRESS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received T>orember 1, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, November 30. Poulet. wived from Rangoon, under dat<j November 30; "Arrived, all veli." Ross Smith wires that he intends to inake a flight of one clay towards ivamljati and thence to isitna-. If Poulet is I not pursuing him closely, Ross SnuUi i will land after reaching Bima, in the ■Asamocnda. lslauds, otherwise he will fly direct to AustraliaPoulet'a progress in hi.s Qight to Anatraiia, is shown in the following table:—' Approx. Distance from Paris. Start from Paris . Oct. 15 Arrived Frcjiia . Oct. 15 4CX> znika j Arrived Rome . . . Oct. 16 730 mil™ i Pureed to land at ■ Naples . . . Oct. 17 ISO tail** Departure from Naples Oct. 20 Forced landing near Valona . . Oct. 20 1170 8ai!«» Lcit Vulona . . Oct. 23 Arrived Salonika . Oct. L'i) 1300 tailw Arrived CoiiHtaritinoplo . . Oct. 31 16S0 miles Arrived Konia . . J!KX> miles Arrived Adana . . Nov. 3 2075 ruiiss Arrived Bagdad , Nov. !i 2bi& tcilc3 Arrived Bushire . Nov. 6 3125 lr.ilea Arrived Bunder Abbas' Nov. 7 31!>5 mites j Arrived Chakbar . Nov. 0 3705 allies Arrived Karachi . Nov. 11 4005 miies Arrived Delhi . . Nov. 24 4fito miles Arrived Allahabad . Nov. 24 4870 miles Arrived Calcutta . Nov. 215 5250 miles Arrived Rangoon . Nov. 30 5730 railea Tho distances given r.re in a direct line from point 10 point. It is probable that in some cases Poulet has not flown in a direct line, so that tho actual distance covered may bo greater than that shown. AUSTRALIAN MAIL. 'CALCUTTA, November 3U. Ross Smith took aboard hero the lirst Australian mail. Poulet reached Rangoon au hoar behind Ltoss Smith.