FLYING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 August 1929, Page 5

FLYING.

WORLD TOUR. THE ZEPPELIN VENTURE. Press Association-Electric Telecranb -CooTrigat IjERLIN, Thursday. The airship Graf Zeppelin started on its Avorld tour in ideal circumstances, and is uoav averaging 62 miles an hour. She has tAventy passengers. The A-essel rose easily, taking a northerly course. Two passengers, Mr Pierce, an Amerisan millionaire, and his Avifc, missed the airship, though they took a rush journey from Ncav York and chartered an aeroplane in Europe in the hope of reaching Fricdriehshaven in time. Aeroplane engine Double, however, compelled a forced Rinding, and Mr and Airs Pierce just suav the Zeppelin passing over Berlin.

In case the Zeppelin is stranded in Siberia, Dr. Eekcner is taking a store of Arctic provisions and guns to enable the party to live under Arctic conditions. In this case Sir Hubert Wilkins, who is again a passenger, Avill take command and guide the party to safety, indeed, Sir Hubert Wilkins has formulated plans to meet such a crisis.—A. and N.Z. P.A.

PROGRESS REPORT. MOSCOW, Friday. The Graf Zeppelin crossed Lithuania last evening, and headed for here via Minsk. Later Dr. Eekcner asked permission to change the agreed course owing to unfavourable Avcathor. The Soviet authorities replied that a visit to Moscow Avas desirable, but left the commander to exercise his oavu discretion. —A. and N.Z. P.A.

OVER URALSK DISTRICT: (Received Saturday, 12.10 p.m.) MOSCOW, Friday. The Graf Zeppelin has passed over the Uralsk district. —A. and X.Z. P.A. ROUND-EUROPE FLIGHT. RUGBY, Friday. The result is not yet declared of the international light aeroplane roundEuropc fight, as time is required to Avork out its details, marks being uavarded not only for speed, but for design, comfort, reliability, and many other factors. Ncvcrthcelss, it- is probable that the only British aeroplanes in the race, down by Captain Broad and Miss Spooner, Avill be placed either first and second or very near the top of the list. Captain Broad fieAv aDe Haviland Gipsy Moth machine, with 100 h.p. engine, privatel ventured by the De Ilaviland Aircraft Company, and Miss Spooner flow her oavu machine, Avhich is also a Moth. The total distance of the course Avas about 4000 miles, and Avas over every kind of country.

Captain Broad and Miss Spooner describe their (light as entirely uneventful, and state that, but for the timetable of completion, they Avould have been back in Paris tAvo or three days before the hour fixed for the arrival of the competitors. On Wednesday afternoon twenty-five of the entrants reached Paris, and they all expressed a special admiration for the feat of the British a i nvoman. —8.0. W.

TOUR OF UNITED STATES. (Received Saturday, 0.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, Friday. Hamer and Walker, Avell known airmen, have started out on a tour of the United States cities from Spokane, aboard the ’plane "Sungod.” They expect to finish at Ncav -York, re-fuciling as they go, but never landing until their destination has been reached. They arrived at San Francisco to-day and took aboard a ucav cargo of fuel at a thousand feet altitude, and continued eastward. —A. and X.Z. P.A.

HIGH SPEED. 5 (Received Saturday, 0.50 a.m.) ROME, Friday. It is reported that during the Schnci der Cup trials, one of the Maeehi mach ines reached 35S miles an hour. U.S.