Frou Que Own Consssroxpenr, Hongkong? July 2
'The British world aviators, tired, unkempt, but happy arrived here on Monday "evening from Haiphong. 'The crowds in their launches had waited patiently for nearly three hours, and for fully 10 minutes, when' the keen-sighted spotted the graceful machine silhouetted against the clouds, the noise of the aeroplane was deafened by the thunder of welcome that had been pent. up and ready to burst at any moment.
Unlike the Americans, Maclaren spotted the landing.station immediately. From a height of 1800 feet the pilot circled the machine round Stonecutter's Island and then swooped down on to the water, landing with hardly a splash and stopping without taxi-ing. This was made] possible by the ideal construction of the undercarriage which with the two small pontoons fitted to the wings enables the plane to skim gracefully on the surface of the water.
Sergt. Andrews, the mechanic proved exceedingly modest. At first hho stubbornly refused to be photographed, but at length in response] to his leader whom he asked:"Is that an order, sir?" he yielded and faced the battery of cameras that confronted him. Of his experiences, Sergt. Andrews frankly confessed that at one stage of the fight, he had what is known as the "wind up." They were passing over huge tracts of jungle between Bangkok and Vinh. Once when they had to! descend fairly low, he saw a squad' of elephants and bison charging about in a wild state. Everywhere around there was bog and if they! had been foreed to land they could never have risen nor have got in touch with anyone.
The Portuguese Flying Men.
The Portuguese aviators, whose light from Lisbon ended 20 miles away from Hongkong, have been!
ted and thoroughly' honoured at} Macao during the past week. They intend returning to Hongkong where the Portuguese community have ranged an official celebration for] next Thursday (July 10). Tt will be in the nature of a farewell gathering as the aviators will leave] for Portugual soon afterwards. They are going home vid Shanghai and America. They will be presented with souvenirs and will be entertained at a garden Club-de Recreio on Friday and at ball at the Club Lsitano on Satur lay.
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