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DURATION. LIEUT. GRAN'S FLIGHT TO NORWAY. Holder of Record. Voyage. Holding j?ate°f Time. Record Record- Hugo Kaulen Bitterfeld (Germany)-: Germany i Dec. 13- St. Petersburg-Perm 17th, (Siberia, Russia) 1913 ALTITUDE. 87 hours I Country I n , Holder of Record. Voyage. Holding; pte ° Record. Kecor«- Suring and Berson From Berlin Altitude. Germany June 31st, 10,800 m. 1901 ! DIRIGIBLES. DISTANCE. Dirigible P. 5 ... Voyage. Verona - Sanguinetto - Modena - Casena - Ancona - Venice - Monte-Belluna - Vi- cenza-Verona Country Holding Record. Italy ... Date of Record. July 30th, 1913 Dis tance. kiloms. 810 P-5 Conte .. P-5 Verona - Cremona Pavia - Turin - Chi- vasso - Mortara - Mi lan-Brescia-Verona DURATION. Italy ...I June 25th, 1913 ALTITUDE. Issy-les-Moulineaux ... France Verona - Sanguinetto- Modena-Casena-An- cona-Venice- Monte- Belluna-Vicenza-Ve- SPEBD. Italy rona 166, Piccadilly, W. June 18th, 1912 July 30th, 1913 Time. 15 hours. Altitude, metres. 3.080 Speed per hour. kiloms. 64-8oo HAROLD E. PERRIN, Secretary. THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. THE following appointments were announced by the Admiralty on Saturday last:— E. V. S. Wilberforce, A. R. Arnold, P. L. Holmes, J. D. Maude, L. Gresley, J. P. Wilson, E. R. Whitehouse, and H. Stewart appointed probationary flight sub-lieutenants, R.N., and appointed to the " Pembroke," additional, for course of instruction at the Central Flying School, to date August 1st. The following appeared in the London Gazette of the 4th inst. :— R.F.C.—Military Win?.—Lieut. William F. MacNeece, Qjeen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.), from the Reserve, to be a Flying Officer, and to be seconded ; July 15th, 1914. The following were announced by the Admiralty on the 5th inst. : Flight Commander J. Fletcher, to the " Pembroke," additional, for Airship No. 4, in command. To date July 21st. Flight Lieut. A. Cunningham, to the " Pembroke," additional, for Airship No. 4. To date August 4th. Acting Flight Lieuts. G. Bromet, G. Hooper, L. Tomkinson, to the " Pembroke," additional, for Eastchurch Naval Flying School, temporarily. To date August 1st. Probationary Flight Sub.-Lieuts. F. Barr, H. Wanklyn, J. Cripps, to the " Pembroke," additional, for Eastchurch Naval Flying School, temporarily. To date August 1st. J. Thorneley, D.' Murray, A. Nickerson, N. Douglas, E. Bauman, J. Levy, all appointed Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenants, and appointed to the "Pembroke," additional, for Special Course at Eastchurch. To date August 5th. Sub-Lieut. H. Busteed, R.N.R., appointed Acting Flight Lieutenant, for temporary service, and appointed to the "Pem broke," additional, temporary. To date August 3rd. ANOTHER definite step forward in the history of aviation was marked on Thursday of last week, when Lieut. Gran flew from Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire to Klep, near Stavanger in Norway. It is the longest oversea flight without sight of land which has so far been made. For some time Lieut. Gran bas been waiting at Cruden Bay for a favourable opportunity to make the trip. This came on the 30th ult., and Lieut. Gran set out on his Ble>iot mono plane about 8 a.m., but after going about 20 miles over the sea he ran into thick fog, and decided to turn back, landing again at Cruden Bay after being in the air for forty minutes. On getting a telegram from Norway stating that the conditions were fairly favourable on that side, he made up his mind to make another attempt. Starting off at eight minutes past one, he followed the coast for a little way, and then struck a north-easterly course, duly allowing for " drift " owing to the fresh north-westerly breeze which was blowing. After being in the air for three hours, thick fog was passed through, and a quarter of an hour later another bank of it was encountered. FAROE I NQMTM % l ENGLAND /mwmGEimJW " Flight" Copyright. Sketch map of Lieut. Gran's splendid flight across the North Sta.. To add to his troubles, Lieut. Gran began to experience the sufferings of air-sickness, while he also noticed that his petrol supply was running very low. He however set the machine to climb, and at 6,000 ft. was relieved not only to see the sun but also to catch a glimpse of the snow-capped mountains of Norway. Adjusting his course, Lieut. Gran stopped his engine, and gliding down through the clouds landed safely at 5.18 p.m., English time, on the shore of a lake 20 miles south of Stavanger. The distance of 320 miles had therefore been covered in 4 hrs. 10 mins. Lieut. Gran immediately afterwards set out for Bergen and Christiania in order to deliver a copy of the Daily Mail, which he had carried across, to King Haakon and Queen Maud of Norway. It was announced on Monday that Lieut. Gran had been appointed to the active list as a lieutenant in the Norwegian Army Flying Corps, and that his machine had been purchased by the Government. With regard to previous long overseas flight, it may be recalled that last September Garros flew 700 miles across the Mediterranean, but en route he flew over the island of Sardinia. 837
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