Bromley and Gatty failed this morning in their spectacular attempt to hop off on their flight across the Pacific, narrowly escaping disaster.
At 5.22 this morning Lieatenant Bromley gave the signal for the blocks to be removed from under the wheels of the huge monoplane and the City of Tacoma then lumbered eastward across the uneven field. After it had rolled 1,800 metres was evident that the plane, hand-Jeapped by the soft uneven runway] and a cross breeze, was unable to Tift the 1,050 gallons of gasoline it was loaded with. Faced with the choice of crashing into some trees '300 metres ahead or dumping some of the gasoline in order to enable} the plane to rise off the ground, Bromley chase the latter course. He opened the dump-valves of the main tanks and shed 800 gallons of gas in a few seconds, with the result that the City of Tacoma rose, trailing plume of white spray, and barely topped the grove at the end of the] field. The machine then turned in circle and came back to the starting point.
Bromley was very disap was determined to try attempt to hop off to-day was doubt-fol, Meanwhile the weather reports] fare discouraging—Revter, Tokyo, Aug. 30.
Synchronizing with Bromley' misfortune, the Japancte public are gratified by the success of two fights by their own countrymen which mark a noteworthy advance] over any previous Japanese avia tion achievements, Seiji Yoshihara, flying a light Junker plane, left Berlin on. the morning of August 20 and arrived the Yoyogi Parade Ground Tokyo, at 1250 p.m. to-day. He was greeted by an enthusiastic throng and_is at the moment regarded as a national hero.
For ten and a halt days Yoshi-ara averaged over 1000 kilometres daily. This, it is claimed, sur-asses the average of Bert Hinkler's famous England to Australi. flight which up to the present hat been the outstanding accomplishment by light aircraft.
The second successful fight is that of Zensaku Azuma, He start ed from Les Angeles on June 22, few across America and then went by steamer to England. He left: Croydon by air on August 1 and. arrived at Seoul at 11 o'clock this morning en route to Tokyo—Reuter.
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