Aug. 16
Heading for Kagoshima, Japan, Flight Lieutenant P; C, Chichester, the noted New Zealand yer who is making an Australian-London flight vid the Orient and the Pacife Ocean, took off. from Lungwha at 9.15 yesterday morning in his moth seaplane, "Mme, Elijah."
After being held-up.kere for the past several days, due tothe high winds prevailing in this district and adverse weather reports, Lieutenant 'Chichester decided to' make the Jump yesterday when Siccawei Ob-Servatory advised. im that the atmospheric conditions over his contemplated route promised to be fair. Om account of the heavy winds Which prevailed during the day the airman may be compelled to. head for Mokpo, Korea, instead, of Japan.
From Japan Lieutenant Chichester, plans to take offi for Petropaylask, Siberia, and from thence the Pacific Ocean vid the Islands to Alaska and After transversing the American continent he will head for During the trans-ocean portions of his flight, Lieutenant' Chichester will ne his unique of hi which he states proved very suc Tal in his voyage from "Australia to China," By this method, the New Zealand pilot determines his "drift" inthe, ale by taking bearings on pots" which he visualizes on the surface of the sea, instead: of fol-owing the usual method of utilizing smoke bombs, As one of his main navigating ments, Lieutenant Chichester British made sextant caytured during the war from a. Germa by a partner of his week the airman has been the house guest of Colonel N. W. B, B. Thoms, D.S.0., commandant of the hai Volunteer Cor, the "Mme, Blijah from Woosung where he first landed was moored during his stay here at the wharf of the Asiatic vl to Lungwha from which the first Jap of the trans-Pacific voyage was} started.
Tokyo, Aug. 13.
Mr. F. C, Chichester arrived at Kagoshima shortly after seven this vening on his flight from Shang-Owing to Mr, Chichester takow approximately ten hours to fly from Shanghai t>—Kagosbiine. (wheres he ough: to have taken only five or six): the local authorities are examining him to determine whether he made a forced Janding en route.
Aug.
Mr. Chichester was closely ox-amined because his flight "from Shanghai to Japan took longer than usual and the Japanese authorities were suspicious he had made a forced landing somewhere, Apparently, however, Mr. Chichester is not considered guilty of any serious misdemeanour as it is announced that the ter of Communications will present him with a silver cigarette case when the aviator arrives at Kasumigaura, Although his examination apparently failed to make clear the reasons for the delay in his flight from Shanghai, the Japanese aupermitted him. to proceed fond are reserving further enquiries until later.
Katsura, Aug. 15.
Chichester crashed this ing and was seriously injured. His machine, according to report, is damaged toyond repair.
the disaster happened a few, minutes after he had hopped off at for Tokyo. When he was circling over the town his machine touched a telephone wire and came crashing. to earth, Mr." Chichester attempted to] start hig: flight shortly. after 9) v'eloek, but he found. no small cificully in taktige off owing to the unfavourable winds. Finally, after 50 "ihinutes "experimenting, "the plane took the als, but it almost immediately "struck a suspended wire and came down. upon the stone "fence of the Hot" Spring hotel, Mr. Chichester being pinned 46 the ground by. the machine.
The townsfolk' hurried to" the scene of the accident and carried
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