PICKED UP AT SEA.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17751, 1 July 1929, Page 7

PICKED UP AT SEA.

SPANISH AIRMEN SAFE.

RESCUED BY BRITISH SHIPS. MACHINE LITTLE DAMAGED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, June 29. A Central News message from Gibraltar says the British aircraft carrier Eagle has found the missing Spanish flying-boat near the Azores. All the crew are safe. The Admiralty reports that the Eagle picked up the machine at latitude 36.28 degrees north, longitude 26.4 degrees west- It was hoisted on board little damaged. A message from Madrid says it Is reported there that the pilots of two seaplanes from the Eagle saw the machine just when they were about to give up the search. The rescue has caused great rejoicing throughout Spain, and gratitude to England.

Major Franco and Captains Gallarz and Ruis started in the machine on June 21 from Carthagena on a flight to New York via the Azores. They proposed to fly thence to Spain, via Newfoundland. A message on Monday from the Azores said they had not arrived, and it was feared that they had been forced down on the sea. The Eagle while on her way from Plymouth to Gibraltar was instructed by wireless to divert her course. It was understood that aeroplanes would be sent from the Eagle when she was near the Azores to search over a wide area. Spanish and Italian airmen who searched found no trace of the missing aeroplane. LATER. REJOICING IN SPAIN. PLAUDITS FOR THE EAGLE'. NATIONAL WELCOME SUGGESTED (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) (Australian Press Association). (Received July 1, 10.10. a.m.) MADRID, June 30. Public rejoicing at the safety of the aviators was renewed on Sunday, the whole population turning out for a demonstration and visiting the British, French, Portuguese and Italian Legations in turn. Jimenez Iglesias, who recently flew to South America, headed the cessionThere was special enthusiasm at the British Embassy owing to the fact that the Eagle persevered in the search in a gale when all hope had been given up, even by Spain itself. It is expected, that the Eagle, with the rescued aviators, will arrive at Gibraltar to assist in the welcome.

Many prominent Spaniards have asked General De Rivera to arrange a national welcome for the officers and crew of the Eagle, including invitations to visit the exhibitions at Seville and Barcelona.