NOTABLE FLIGHT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 190, 13 August 1931, Page 7

NOTABLE FLIGHT

BRISBANE TO ADELAIDE Received Aug. 12, 11.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Aug. 12. Mr 11. F. Broadbent, a prominent Australian aviator, accomplished a notable solo flight to-day covering the distance between Brisbane and Adelaide, via Sydney and Melbourne, in one day, a distance of About 1350 miles. He left Brisbane just after midnight and reached Adelaide at about 6 p.m. He had bad weather most of the trip. lie now plans to fly round Australia in seven days. AVIATOR KILLED CRASH AT AN AIRPORT Received Aug. 12, 8.40 a.m. MONTREAL, Aug. 11. John C. Webster, the Canadian, who was placed thirteenth in the recent King’s Cup race in England, died today of injuries suffered on Monday from a crash at St. Hubert airport. SERVICE TO PORT DARWIN '

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS READY LONDON, Aug. 11. Imperial Airways have announced that they are ready to begin an aeroplane service between London and Port Darwin as soon as the Government concerned is able to afford the necessary subsidy. They aim, firstly, at reaching Darwin in fifteen days, and later twelve. They will not attempt night flying in the* early stages. LINDBERGH’S FLIGHT SAFE LANDING NEAR NOME Received Aug. 12, 12.30 p.m. NOME, Aug. 11. The Lindberghs landed at Safety Bay on the Nome River, 21 miles outside Nome, at 10.40 a.m. to-day from Shimar.ef, Kotzebue Sound. NEW MAIL CARRIER SPEED OP 170 MILES SUITABLE FOB .DOMINIONS [British Official Wireless.] Received Aug. 12, 11.10 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 11. A now air-mail carrier with a maximum speed of I'7o miles an hour has been built by Messrs A. V. Roe Ltd. It is capable of carrying a load of 900 pounds, which is regarded as ample for fast mail services in the Dominions, for which it is primarily intended. Its cruising speed is over 140 miles an hour, and it has a range of about 600 miles at this speed. Except for the fabric coverings the machine is an all-metai biplane. SCHNEIDER CUP NEW BRITISH 'PLANES , British Official Wireless. ] Received Aug. 1?, 11.15 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 11. A small company of experts and journalists to-day inspected two new racing Vickers supermarine Rolls Royce SG B seaplanes, which have been specially constructed for use by the Brltlsn team in the Schneider Trophy, and which are expected to prove the fastest aircraft ever built.

FORCED LANDING A PRIVATE AEROPLANE INCIDENT NEAR HAMILTON [Per Press Association.] HAMILTON, Aug. 12. A private tiirce-seater monoplane owned, by 8. Blackmore, Hamilton, made a forced landing near Te Rapa aerodrome this evening. The pilot and a passenger, Mr W. McKenzie, of Te Awamutu, were returning from a flight over Hamilton when the engine stalled. They could not reach the aerodrome in the high wind and landed on a rough slope, the ’plane being stopped by a fence 20 feet from a house. The undercarriage was broken but the occupants escaped unhurt.