CARR FORCED TO MAKE LANDING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18186, 20 June 1927, Page 14

CARR FORCED TO MAKE LANDING.

MACHINE RISES WITH 7-TON LOAD. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. A.P.A. and Sydney ** Sun " Cables. LONDON, June 19. Lieutenant Carr’s forced landing at Martlesham with an unprecedented seven ton load is regarded as a masterpiece. Onlookers say that be alighted as light as a feather with not a vestige of damage to the machine. A minor mishap attended the flight preliminaries. The heavy load burst a tyre the moment the machine left the hangar, and the start was delayed for its replacement. Lieutenant Carr taxied half a mile and the spectators breathed a sigh of relief when the machine rose, but it only travelled 90 minutes, covering a distance of about 100 miles. The aviators then noticed oil spraying on the fuselage while the oil gauge registered nil. Therefore it was impossible to proceed until the cause had been investigated. The postponement was disappointing as the airmen had w'aited for several days for a favourable change of wind. BYRD POSTPONES TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. NEW YORK, June IS. Commander Byrd has postponed his trans-Atlantic flight, which was to have been begun to-day, the weather being unfavourable. Commander Byrd's flight from New York to Paris wilt be with his North Pole aeroplane. He will be accompanied by three others, and will probably hop off on Monday or Tuesday. Possibly, if successful, he will endeavour to make a return flight. RUSSO-AMERICAN WOMAN WILL FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC. NEW YORK, June IS. The latest aspirant for trans-Atlantic flying honours is Mrs Luba Phillips, an American of Russian birth, who during July will possibly fly alone from Newfoundland to London, or she may be accompanied by a navigator pilot, in which event she will endeavour to make a record non-stop flight from New York to Rome or beyond. She flew Anthony Fokker’s first aeroplane. and in 1912 established a woman's altitude record. She carried Red Cross supplies by aeroplane to the Russian Army during the war. U.S. AIRMEN WILL FLY TO HAWAII FROM CALIFORNIA IN JULY. WASHINGTON, June IS. The Army Department has approved of the plans for a flight from California to Hawaii by Lieutenants Maitland and Hagenberger, Air Service pilots, in a triple-motored Fokker monoplane. Tests wiH be conducted at San Diego, following the flight of the machine there from Dayton, Ohio. It is expected that the take-off will occur within a month. The flight is designed to subject navigation instruments to a thorough test in practical use. MUSSOLINI PRAISES DI PINEDO AND OTHERS. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. ROME, June 19. At a grand banquet in honour of the Marchese di Pinedo, Signor Mussolini sent a message that Italian aviation would strengthen the bonds of the nations of the world. Lindbergh, Chamberlain, di Pinedo and others would open up new hdrizons of civilisation. The British Ambassador announced that the King was conferring the high est available honour on di Pinedo. LINDBERGH WELCOMED BY ST LOUIS PEOPLE. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, June IS. At St Louis, Captain Lindbergh was welcomed by hundreds of thousands of people, who cheered from the roof-tops as he cavorted in his aeroplane over the city, having flown from New York. ROOK AT BASRA. \ LONDON, June IS. Rook has arrived at Basra.