LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19461, 28 December 1934, Page 5

LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS.

WALLER’S ENTERPRISE. , I a— RETURNING TO BRUSSELS. I United Pres 3 Assn.—Elec. Tel, copyright CAPETOWN, Dec. 26. MT Ken .Waller and Captain Franchonime, who recently hew from England to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, in 5i hours, left oii the return flight to Brussels to-day. •• The a inn At reached Niamey, FiTilch West Africa, the journey being accomplished at an average speed of JOB miles an hour In spite of slight trouble with the port engine, which they righted. They resumed , their journey later. RECORD SPEED, 314.3 MILES AN HOUR. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright, PARIS, Dec. 26, An examination of the instruments after a tesL flight on Christinas Day revealed that Raymond Delmotte, in a Cau'dron monoplane, had attained a speed of 314.3 miles an hour for llu’oe miles. This heat James Wcddel's world’s record of 306.25 miles an hour for a land aeroplane.

IN ANTARCTICA. A DISCREDITED REPORT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The New York Times denies the report published In Dunedin that Mr Lincoln Ellsworth and Mr Bernt Balc 1 ieii had -crossed the Antarctic by air. Rear-Admiral Byrd, at Little America, is expecting a message from Mr Ellsworth. He believes the flight has been delayed owing to heavy weather-

\ Press Association message from Dunedin slates The report that .Messrs Ellsworth and Baichen have made Hie Iransanlarelie (light is generally discredited-. Inquiries made from reliable sources produce not the slightest subsiauliali oil. Mr Ellswoith uislikes publicity, but, in ihe proudest moment of his adventurous life not oven this reserved American could liavc maintained silence, while, if lie Imd landed al Rear-Admiral Byrd’s Pftsr, his arrival could not have heeii l;ppl,' quiet. Such is the view expressed here.