IN THE AERO SPHERE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 163, 19 July 1935, Page 2

IN THE AERO SPHERE

FLIGHT TO THE CAPE I H. L. BROOKE SETS OUT By Telegraph—Copyright —Press Assn. LONDON, July 18. Mr. H. L. Brooke started a flight from Lympne at 0.35 a.m. and hopes to reach the Cape in four days. He l took off excellently from a floodlit aerodrome. Mr. Brooke took part in the Melbourne Centenary air race, flying a Miles Falco machine . NEW PETROL TANK THAT CANNOT LEAK OR BURST By Telegraph—Copyright—Press Assn. LONDON, July 17. The Air Ministry believes it has discovered an aeroplane petrol tank which will not burst or leak in the event of a crash. It is called the “Henderson anti-crash tank,” and is the result of 13 years of research by three British scientists working privately, says the “Daily Mail.” It has already passed all preliminary tests successfully, and is now being tested under actual flying conditions with a number of Hart light bombers. Details of the tai’” s construction are at present secret LONG DISTANCE TITLE REGAINED BY ITALY By Telegraph-—Copyright — Press Assn. ROME, July 1 U Flying a seaplane from Monfalcone to Berbera, 3104 miles, in 25 hrrs non-stop, Stoppani regained the world’s long-distance record from the Croix du Sud. The four-engined French flyingboat Croix du Sud landed at Zingish<fr, Senegal, from Cherbourg, 2812 miles, on June 23. This gave France the world distance records for land and sea planes. The Croix du Sud, which has crossed the Atlantic four times, descended 250 miles short of its objective, Knoakri, though having flown sufficiently far to beat the Italian record of 2567 miles. BRITISH PILOT KILLED IN A DEMONSTRATION By Telegraph—Copyright—Press As BRUSSELS, July 17. While demonstrating in a competition with machines of other nations in connection with the Belgian air expansion plan, a new crack British fighter aeroplane, a Fairy Fantome, nose-dived on the military aerodrome. Lieutenant Trower was fatally injured.