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MARCH 31, 1927 R/SMS FROM TUB Pinedo's Progress HAVING, apparently, overhauled the two Isotta Fraschini-Asso engines of his Savoia S 55 seaplane, the Marchese de Pinedo continued his big round-Atlantic flight, on March 25.He left Para for Georgetown (British Guiana), but strong head winds caused him to descend at Paramaribo (DutchGuiana) to refuel, and this done, he completed the 200 miles to Georgetown in two hours. Early next morning he pro-ceeded to Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, and on March 27 he completed another stage to Port-au-Prince, Hayti, where hewas welcomed by Mr. Davis, U.S. Secretary for War. Con- tinuing on March 28, he flew to Havana, where he arrivedearly in the afternoon. The final leg of the second stage of this remarkable flight was concluded on March 29, whenthe Marchese successfully accomplished the 700-mile sea flight from Havana to New Orleans. Here he received anextraordinarily enthusiastic reception as he alighted on the Mississippi.Bert Hinkler's Hop Round Britain MR. BERT HINKLER, the well-known Australian pilot,who has been so long associated with the Avro Company, intended to start on a circuit of Great Britain in the Avro"Avian " (Cirrus II. engine), on March 29, but the weather conditions compelled him to delay his start. His proposedroute will range over 1,046 miles, and it will touch Bristol, across the Irish sea to Wexford, then Dublin, Belfast, acrossthe sea to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Norwich, Lympne, and return to Croydon. If successful, he will create a light-aeroplane non-stop record, being in the air for more than 12 hours. He intended to start at dawn and arrive backabout 5 p.m. Incidentally, this will be a preliminary flip to his future light-aeroplane flight to Australia, which he hopesto reach in 15 days. At the time of writing, we have been unable to learn whether or not he has actually started onthis Croydon-Croydon trip. An Argentine for the Atlantic, Now ! AN ambitious flight is now being planned by an Argentineairman, Edouard Olivero. He intends to fly from Genoa to Buenos Aires, a distance of 7,900 miles, making only twostops to refuel, on a Savoia-Napier flying-boat, fitted with two British Napier engines, which is being constructed forhim in Italy. His first " hop " will be from Genoa to Dakar (Senegal) a distance of 2,900 miles, thence from Dakar acrossthe South Atlantic Ocean to Pernambuco, 2,200 miles, and then 2,800 miles to Buenos Aires. His only companionon the flight will be Bernardo Duggan. The expenses for this flight over three Continents are being defrayed bysubscriptions from the Argentine public. Nungesser to Fly the Atlantic THE French ace, Captain Nungesser, has been reportedas preparing to attempt the Atlantic flight to New York, in company with Coli, on a " Goliath " machine.Ditto Bernardi MAJOR DI BERNARDI, who won the Schneider Cup forItaly last year, has announced his intention of attempting a non-stop flight between Rome and New York. This makesthe twelfth entrant for this event. Capt. Fonck on his Accident AFTER his recent return from America, Captain Fonckhas been explaining to the French Press the cause of his accident in the Sikorsky machine, and detailing all the trialspreceding his tragic Atlantic attempt. In all, he did 27 hours' flying tests with various loads, and carrying, all told, 280passengers. Five of his principal flights were made before two controllers of the American Technical Service who wereaboard the machine. Cairo-Karachi Air Service Hitch THE Persian Government have unexpectedly refused toratify a provisional agreement permitting the British machines on the Cairo-Karachi air line to fly over Persian territory.At present the line terminates at Basra, and the extension was all arranged for April 6. This attitude on the part of thePersian Government was a complete surprise, and it is suggested that some influences opposed to Great Britainare responsible. The agreement was signed in 1925, and it is considered significant that these objections coincide withthe arrival of the Persian Foreign Minister in Moscow to negotiate the delayed Russo-Persian Treaty. Moscow holdsthat it should be consulted before any airway agreement is arrived at. This was done in the recent Persian agreementwith the Junker Aviation Company. London-Constantinople Air Service THE longest air line in Europe, extending nearly 2,000miles from London across the Continent to Constantinople, will be opened on April 18, running each week-day throughoutthe summer. Leaving London in the afternoon by Imperial Airways, passengers for Constantinople will fly via Paris,Prague, Vienna and Bucharest, arriving at the Turkish capital in 70 hours after leaving London. They will fly by day only,spending the nights in hotels ; and the fare has been fixed at £"34 13s. single, and £&2 return. The service will run inconjunction with the French air lines. Western Australian Airways THE following statistics, for the month of December lastrelating to traffic on Western Australian Airways (Perth- Wyndham route) may be of interest :—Number of passengerscarried, 129 ; number of flights, 94 ; mileage flown, 15,702 total mileage flown since inauguration of service, 724,594number of letters carried (December), 20,000, approx. total weight of freight, 3,288 lbs. The second locally con-structed D.H. 50 biplane was successfully tested and put into service in January, making a total of five D.H. 50's inoperation ; a sixth machine of this type will shortly be added to the fleet.Fatal Air Accident in Australia AUSTRALIAN civil aviation suffered its first fatal accidenton March 23, when a machine operating on the " Qantas " line, between Charleville and Camooweal, crashed at Tambc,Queensland, killing the pilot, Mr. Davidson, and the two passengers, Mr. Bell, a pastorialist, of Winton, and Mr. Donald-son, of Rocklands, Camooweal. Australia's fine record must be unparalleled. This Queensland service alone hasbeen running weekly since 1922, and has been well supported from the beginning.Bournemouth Easter Flying Meeting WE would remind our readers that the Easter Air RaceMeeting will be held at Ensbury Park Racecourse, Bourne- mouth, on Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday,the 15th, 16th and 18th inst. There will be 12 races over the three days, and the prizes amount to nearly /500. A listof the events was given in FLIGHT for March 17. The closingdate of entries is Thursday, April 7. Full particulars and entry forms can be obtained from the Royal Aero Club,3, Clifford Street, London, W.I. Members of the Royal Aero Club will be admitted free to the Members' Enclosure and Paddock on production of their membership badges. There will be acharge of 2s. 6d. for motor cars. Imperial Airways will be sending a Handley Page air linerto Bournemouth for the races. The machine will leave Croydon at 9 a.m. on Good Friday, and will return on thefollowing Tuesday at 9 a.m. The fares will be £2 single and £3 12s. return. Luggage 30 1b. free. The fares includetransport between London and Croydon. New Air Records REPORTS of three new world's records are to hand,established in France, Germany and Italy. On March 28, Lieut. Demougeot, of the French Navy, beat the altituderecord for seaplanes at Sartrouville, when he attained a height of 9,000 m. (29,520 ft.). In Germany, Dr. Werner von Langsdorff, flying a Daimlerlight plane fitted with a 20-h.p. engine, reached an altitude of 5,638-5 m. (18,500 ft.). The Italian pilot Passaleva established, last week, theseaplane altitude record with 1,000 kg. load, attaining an altitude of 5,100 m. (16,730 ft.) on a Savoia-Marchetti 5 3-seaplane, fitted with an Isotta Fraschini-Asso engine. (1 •i's engine, by the way, already has 18 world's records to its credf)Jugoslav Pilots Plan Big Flight Two Yugoslav pilots, Captain Sondermayer and Lie t.Baydak, will attempt to fly from Belgrade to Bombay a ld back in April next, on French aircraft.Paris- Timbuctoo ? THE French pilots, Cornillon and Girardeau, are * ing a flight from Paris to Timbuctoo. 188
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