AIR FATALITY

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 206, 25 August 1932, Page 3

AIR FATALITY

WHEN PLANES COLLIDE DROPPING WREATHS ON GRAVE WARSAW, August 24. When circling over a grave for the purpose of dropping wreaths at the funeral of a lieutenant killed in an air accident, two army aeroplanes collided and crashed, killing all three officers in them. AVIATORS OVERDUE By Telegraph—Copyright —Press Assn. HARBOUR GRACE, Aug. 23. Flares were burning as darkness fell, but there was no trace of Thor Solberg and Carl Petersen, expected from New York, or Clyde Lee and John Brochkon, expected from Barre (Vermont). Heavy rain is falling. Fog at midnight would make a plane landing practically impossible. The men are six hours overdue. VON GRONAU AT CORDOVA ® CORDOVA, Aug. 23. Von. Gronau has arrived here. He encountered heavy rain along the route. AMY JOHNSON’S PLANS LONDON, Aug. 24. The “Daily Express” says that Amy Johnson (Mrs. Mollison) is planning in September to make th’e first Atlantic flight westwards ever made by a woman. She says she will probably fly solo, though Captain Saul tried to persuade her to take a heavy passenger machine so that he could go as navigator. “Jim will be against it, but I hope to persuade him to agree.” It is gathered that Amy wants to j y next year from New York to Croydon and thus be the first woman to cross both ways.