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of green, white, red.
gipsy-moth biplanes, followed by a itor, comping five fRerodrome for Paris' en route to Fusemoth monoplane, Te Hatheld Trak.
The monoplane vas piloted by Flight "Lieutenant "Carter, of the Royal Air Force, who has been lent Years. five biplanes were to the Trak Government for three
Diloted by Irak officers who have Undergone RAF. training in One gland. They speak English fluently. They were attired in khaki uniforms of the British army pattern, with the cap. formerly worn by the British Flying Corps.
The. puss-moth is for King Feisul's personal use. 'The gipsy: moths, which are fitted with bomb racks,' cameras and. wireless will form' the nucleus of the Trak Graf Zeppeli Returns sinh tein on A jon her tetum journey to Friedrichshafen this evening just before sunset, having previously completed Soe aa et a noon appeared above Jerusalem Brak ae al eel a remained for several hours for handed at her home hangar here at!
Jseven o'clock this morning. The: Europe, on their way back to Lo Bourget. huge air-liner, carrying 25 passeng-For several days, after a. flight Jers, made the return journey from, from Hanoi, Messrs, Moenseh and [Cairo $n record time. The depar-Burtin were detained' here becense tare from Cairo was made at 6.30] of motor trouble. However, when Jo'slock Sunday night, the return, they hopped off from Saigon on Fri-journey being made by way of the, day. their aeroplane was function: Balkans and Austria. ing perfeetly.—United Press.
considerable quantity of air] King Honours Aviators mail, was carried by the di which inaugurated the 1981 fiéng} Bucharest, Apr. 11. Aviators and aviatrixes of four season for European light countries were honoured to-day by fair ships.—United Press.
King Carol of. Roumania, Hig Bnd of Southern Cross Majesty ordered that the Order of Sydney, Apr 12.
Monte Aeronautique be conferred fon a number of aviators, including The Southern Cross. il, Wing-Commander Kingsford-Smith's fam-the, following: Colonel Charles A, Lindbergh of ess plane, sin wich he few tom the United States, who is famed for from a height of 2,000 feet at the England "to. Australia, er his trans-Atlantic flight, from New York to Paris in 1927, his American. [Mascot Aerodrome to-day. transcontinental records and his 'The two. occupants, "che pilot flying ventures in Central America Leonard Palmer and" the owner 'Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd of 'Albert James, were killed, the United States, Navy, the only 'Apparently' a wing collapsed in the air. man to have flow? by aeroplane ever both the North Pole and the "Albert James had intended. to South Pole, Admiral Byrd has also start a goodwill fight to Japan in Sune and had been planning for it made an aeroplane flight across the during the Past. eighteen months.
Atlantic ocean, Dr. Hugo Eckener of Germany, Recently he bought a half share in the designer, builder-and commer the Southern Cross IT. from Guy Menzies, the young Sydney pilot, dex of the divigible Grat Zeppelin. He has flown around the world in who in'Janvary flew in the plane the Graf Zeppelin, has made several Sydney {0 Westland, New trans-Atlantic flights and has pr andy a. distance of 1,200 miles,
ight ina light plane between 134 hours. 7 bay the first he value of divigibles for" travel.
Adetrala "and. New. "Zenlande-General Italo Balbo, Minister' of Air for Italy, who early this year Reuter.
Jed a squadron of Italian seaplanes Schneider Team in Training on a mags formation fight to Brawl. London, Apr. 9.
General Balbo is credited with hav=
jot seven pilots, now assembled at Britain's Schneider Trophy team ing been the driving. force behind the efforts which have given, Italy. Felixstowe under' the command of Squadron Leader Ar if." Orlebar, a foremost place in, the venom of aeronautics.
Ihave gone into strict training for Captain Dieudonne Coste and the contest, which will take place Maurice Bellonte, famous Fren over the Solent in. September. aviators, who have established di Teams representing, France and tance flight. records and who have Italy, who will challenge Britain on flown across the Atlantic ocean from {ie ocesin, re making secret Paris to New York in the mono; Preparations for the race. plane Question Mark, TE'Britain wins she wil retain the LaLouette, who was the, pilot trophy, having won it in 1927 and of the aeroplane in which "King defended {t successfully in the 1920 Carol returned from exile to claim feontest. 'The team chosen for' the the throne he had renounced during, face has bad wide experience 0 the lifetime of his father, the late high-speed alrerafe fying. Squadron King Ferdinand Lender Orlebar holds. the. world's The Gold Cross of the Order of speed record—357-7 miles an hout—Jana although no other members. of the team actually partiip in the 120 race, readiness for that contest andi tre. trained. highs Berlin-Shanghai Air Service ite members of team are, bout years old; except Flying. Oficet Leneh,' who ts only 22 3 Berlin, April 8. It is possible that to the Chinese aviation line from Nanking to fare Flight Lieutenant G. H. Stain-Berlin there may be added an en~ forth, who sas formerly. an officer tirely German route from Berlin to fin'the regular Army and who wai Shanghai." Such was the declars 'a reserve pilot in the 1929 contest; tion made this morning byt Flight Lieutenant E, J. L, Hope and Minister of Communications.
Flight Lieutenant F. W. Long, both The Minister made public the fof whom have been stationed at state of affairs regarding the ne-Felixstowe for some time and have gotiations between Germany and had an opportunity of ying high-Japan on the subject of avolation. speed machines; Lieutenant Brinton, It is planned, for one thing, to ex-who is the first member of the Fleet tend the line from Berlin to Baghdad. Air Arm to be a member of a towards Tokyo, working in with Flight Lieutenant Holland for the opening up of the eno has een carnsing aerial traffic of the Dutch East high-speed research Indies, These negotiations are in geod shape and France has declared ig the past year; and Flying herself favourable to them, Officer L. Snaith, who went as a For the other part application seaplane test pilot to Felixtowe, have keen made to the Soviet gov-where he has had wide high-speed ernment to persuade them to allow experience, the terminus of the Deruluft lind yaring the training at Felixstowe, (Deutsche Russische Luftgesellto be followed in about two shaft) to be situated at Manchuli, time by a special course, In this case the German govern= at Calshot, on Southampton Water, ment, in reciprocation with the the team will og first' fly Fairey Chinese Government, would continue Fairey Fire Fly the German-Russian line to Shang-machines, which have a speed of [hai thie Gunticating the." Sin over 200 miles an hour, will also be [Out oan tines afonans, cane, Sth in "the preliminary stages. Other machines" that. will be. avail: fable will be the Supermarine Napier which won. the 1907 race; the Gloster Napier 4 and Supermarine Rolls Rovers. 6. The latter have been. modified ince. the 1929 race twas: won with one of them Secrecy is being observed regarding the two other machines which fare now under construction, The tpeeds of which these. machines are feapabe are also being kept secret Suk" the possibility. of about 400 tiles per hour being reached "on the flat" is confidently discussed.
"The last Schneider race raised the speed for the race from, 261.690 miles to 828.63 miles per hour and Squadron. Leader' Orlebar's world Fecord raised the flat speed of the Previous record from 819° miles to Minister concluded," direct terview from Berlin to Moscow and Shanghai is intminent'—arir,
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