MOLLISON S FLIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 184, 6 August 1931, Page 7

MOLLISON S FLIGHT

THE ’PLANE AT BASRA SPEEDY DEPARTURE MADE fßy Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright! BASRA, Aug. 4. Mollison arrive ilcxtreniely tiro'l. He took off at midnight after a few hours’ sleep. ARRIVAL AT ALEPPO LONDON. Aug. 4. Mr Mollison arrived at Aleppo at. 2 p.m. after a night and morning flight across the desert. INTEREST IN BRITAIN FINAL HOP FROM ATHENS Received Aug. 5, 11.20 p.m. 1 British Official Wireless. I RUGBY, Aug. 4. Consideralfle interest has been aroused by the attempt to break Mr C. A. Scott’s record of 10 days 23 hours for the Australia-England flight, upon which tho Australian pilot, Mr .1. A. Mollison, i? engaged. Mr Mollison left Wyndham on July 29, flying a de Haviland Moth with a mark two Gypsy engine. Reports of his progress encourage tho hopes expressed in to-night’s papers that he will succeed in keeping to schedule and will co plete his flight to- ow in a final hop from Athens to Croydon, beating the previous record by a day and a-half. LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT ARRIVAL AT BAKU LAKE. OTTAWA, Aug. 4. Colonel an<l Mrs Lindbergh arrived at Baku Lake at 4 p.m. on Monday. ’PLANE LEAVES BAKER LAKE Received Aug. 5, 7.45 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Colonel and Mrs Lindbergh hopped off from Baker Lake for Aklavik on Tuesday at 6.35 p.m. E.S.T. AMY JOHNSON'S FLIGHT •PLANE OVER CHINA. LONDON, Aug. 4. A message from Manchuli states that Miss Amy Johnson flow over tho RussoChinese frontier, making for Harbin. PARACHUTIST’S CLAIM FIFTEEN MINUTES’ DESCENT RIGA, Aug. 4. Lieut. Petersen claims a European record for a parachute descent of 20,400 feet in fifteen minutes, in which he drifted five miles. ’PLANE CATCHES FIRE ONE MAN KILLED. PRAGUE, Aug. 4. Flying at 6000 feet a heavy bombing ’plane caught fire . Tho pilot parachuted safely, but the observer, over-excit-ed, opened his parachute too early and was killed. The machine fell on the roof of a distillery, which with the adjoining shop, caught fire. SCHNEIDER CUP ’PLANE ITALY’S GREAT LOSS. ROME, Aug. 4. It is now revealed that Flight-Lieut. Mc-nti. tho famous Italian airman, who was killed on Lake Garda, was flying on l of the two new Fiat machines capable of 400 miles an hour, .specially constructed for the Schneider (’up. Salvage efforts have proved fruitless. Th'* machine is lying at a depth of 300 feet.

’PLANE CRASHES TWO MEN KILLED. ROTTERDAM, Aug. 4. A military ’plane crashed and the pilot and sergeant were killed.

AIR LINER’S CRASH SIX PEOPLE INJURED. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 4. A Dutch air liner crashed into a signal pole and was destroyed, seriously injuring a boy playing in a field, and five women passengers.