FLYING

Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1933, Page 5

FLYING

JOHANNESBURG CRASH TWO MEN KILLED. Press Association Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received Wednesday, 9.5 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Tuesday. Sir Michael Oppenlieimer and Major Cochrane Patrick were killed in an aeroplane crash at the Johannesburg aerodrome. The machine had just taken off when it made a steep vertical turn, which proved too sharp. The machine hit the ground with the engines full out. Major Patrick was a pioneer of aerial survey in Africa. FAST DUTCH SERVICE. (Received Wednesday, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. In contrast to the relatively low speeds of the Anglo-Australian service, Holland has constructed a triple-engin'-ed “Pander” mail carrier with a maximum speed of 230 miles, and a cruising speed of 186 miles per hour, with a range of 1600 miles. It is expected to reach Batavia in four days. The venture has been organised by a committee aiming at a faster postal service between Holland and the East Indies. FIRE PROOF AEROPLANE. (Received Wednesday, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, Tuesday. Major Van Rolleghem, a well known and highly decorated Belgian aviator, is coming to England to demonstrate a fire-proof aeroplane. Major von Rolleghem states: —“I get into a model cockpit, close myself in, light a petrol supply until the heat is 1200 degrees. I sit in this furnace unroasted for twenty *or thirty minutes, until the fire is out. When I open the cockpit I will be undamaged. I will not even be warm.” Experts who have seen successful demonstrations at Brussels, believe that Major von Rolleghem’s invention may remove the danger of fire in the air.