FEATS BY AMERICANS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 7

FEATS BY AMERICANS

ROUND-THE-WORLD DASH GATTY AND POST AT MOSCOW DEPARTURE FOR SIBERIA HILLIG AND HOLRIS LAND [P. Telegraph—Press Association Copy right I Received June 26, 5.5 p.m. MOSCOW, June 25. Messrs Harold Gatty and Wiley Post, the two airmen who left Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in the monoplane Winnie May, on Tuesday, establishing a new record for the Atlantic flight, arrived here to-day. FOR SIBERIA’S CAPITAL. Received June 2(5, 11.20 p.m. MOSCOW, June 26. Messrs Post and Gatty took off bound for Novosbirsk, the new capital of Siberia, 2100 miles away. They intend remaining only an hour for refuelling. Though they have covered 5150 miles in three days, managing with a minimum of sleep, they spent last night at a banquet tendered by the Soviet authorities, who promised assistance throughout Russia.

ATLANTIC FLIGHT HILLIG'S ’PLANE. ANXIETY AT NON-ARHIVAL. COPENHAGEN, June 25. The absence of news of the transAtlantic fliers, Hillig and Holris, is causing anxiety. The airmen should have landed this morning, but have not been reported after leaving Newfoundland. A FORCED LANDING. FAST AVERAGE SPEED. BERLIN, Juno 25. Hillig and Holris made a forced landing at Krefeld and immediately took off for Copenhagen. They stated that they had lost their way flying across Spain and France. Bad weather forced the airmen to fly for thirteen hours at 12,000 feet above the clouds. They descended in the moving and flew close to the sea until they sighted the coasts of Spain. They crossed the German frontier late in Hie forenoon after thirty-two hours’ flying. They averaged 112 J miles an hour. TRIUMPHAL HOMECOMING. AIRMAN WITH A GRIEVANCE. Received June 26, 9.10 p.m. BERLIN, .June 26. Hillig and Holris landed at Bremen and arc remaining over-night. Hillig is aged 55. He went to the United States at the age of 15 years and became a rich photographer. He planned a triumphal home-coming, tak ing a passage in the Graf Zeppelin, but was ejected at the last moment for a more influential passenger. He met Holris, the German airman, and voiced his grievance. Holris replied, “ Buy a ’plane and I will fly you noinc. ” Well known in New Zealand, the navigator, Harold C. Gatty, is a Tasmanian, and the son of Mr J. Gatty, town clerk of Richmond. Leaving school, he joined the Jcrvois Bay Naval College, and afterwards went into the service of tho Patrick Steamship Company, Sydney, becoming a second mate. Then he came to New Zealand, and joined tho Union Company, serving on many vessels in their fleet in New eZaland waters. Leaving the Union Company he wen', ‘.o America and secured a position as tho second mate on a millionaire’s prvatc yacht. Following is a list of successful flights made’across the Atlantic:— June, 1919: Sir John Alcock and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown, St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, 1880 miles, 7(5} hours. May, .1927: Charles Lindberg, New York to Paris, 3639 miles, 33| hours. June, 1927: Clarence Chamberlain and Charles Levine, New York to Eisleben. Germany, 3905 miles, 42J hours. June, 1927: Commander Richard Byrd and three companions, New York to France, 4000 miles, 40 hours. August, 1927: William .Brock and Edwar<] Schlee, Newfoundland to Croy don, 1930 miles, 24} hours. April, .1928: Baron von Iluchncfeld, Captain Keehl, and Major J. (’. Fitzniaurice, Baldonnel, Ireland, to Greenly Island, Labrador, 2300 miles, 36 hours. June, 1928; Wilmer Stultz, Lou Gor don, and Miss Amelia Earhart (first woman to fly the Atlantic), Trepassy Bay, Newfoundland, to Llanelly, South Wales, 1800 miles, 26q hours. July, 1928.—Captain Arturo Ferrarin and Major Carlo del l.’rcte, Romo to Brazil, 4850 miles. 45} hours. Longest non stop flight to date. March, 1929: Captain Jiminez and Inglesias, Seville, Spain, to Bahia, Brazil. ::::oo miles. j'J’29: Armona Lotte, Jean As

solaut, and Rene Lefevre, Afaine, United States, to Santander, Spain. June, 1930: Kirtgsford Smith, Captain J. I’. Saul, Al. Van Dyck, and J. W. Stannage, I’ortinarnock, Ireland, to Newfoundland, 2100 miles, 31A hours. September, 1930: Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte. Le Bougot to New York, 3700 miles, 36$ hours. A later message states that the aviators Post and Gatty have departed for Moscow.