'Captain Errol Boyd and Lieutenant Harry Connor, who flew from Har-heir Grace,' Newfoundland, ta resee, in the Scilly Isles, landed at the Croydon Aerodrome to-day; acd were welcomed by a huge crowd The first to greet them was Me. Levine, the millionaire and original owner of their plane, in which ho crossed the Atlantic three years ago.
'A graphic story of their trans= Atlantic Might was told by Captain He said that, after leaving St, John's, Newfoundland, at 4.35. fon the 9th they encountered head~ winds and rain squalls, In. the Garkness they flew "blind" mostly bg, dead reckoning all night long.
morning Connor succeeded finding their position, but the storms had driven them about 400 miles south of their course. Five hours before their landing they discovered: that their rear tonk, containing 100 ra'lons of petrol, was not function They therefore dumped it into the sea.
Cartain Boyd said they were very, anxious about their landing, as thi, were practically without petrol and there was a wind blowing at, the rate of 50 to GO miles an hou, There was only a tiny strip on the, ach on which to land, but they came down safely after @ fight of about 234 hours.—Reuter. singapore, Oct. 10.
Captain F. R. Matthews, who in the course of a flight to Australia, crashed to-day between Singapors and Bangkok.
Captain Matthews, who is flying ity 2 120 lip. "Puss! Moth plane, left Croydon on September 16.—Reuter, Calcutta, Oct, 10. 4
The Australian airman Cunnings ham, who left Wyndham, West Australia, on August 6 in an attempt to fly to England, has abandoned his Might for financial reasons after a series of misadventures.
Akyab, Burma, Oct. 13, 1
Flight-Lieutenant Hill, who lett Lympne Aerodrome on ' October 6 in an attempt to fly to Australia, landed here at 8.45 night fight from the prevent" ahead of the time taken by Bert Hinkler' in his record light to Australia Reuter, Basra, Oct, 1801
Major Pickthrono and Flyinie 'Officer Chabot, who left Croydon om October 6 for Australia, have arrived at Jask, Upon their' arrival at Lingah, @ seaport on the Persian Gulf, on Friday they were detained for some time by the Persian aus thorities because, it is believed, they, had not asked permission to land Persian 60 Wing. Commander Kingsford Smith, who left Heston Aerodrome on October 9, tralia, has Reuter.
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