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OCTOBER 6, 1927 The German Flight to the East THE German pilot, Herr Konnecke, and his two com- panions, Count Solms and Herr Herrmann, who made a non- stop flight from Cologne to Angora on September 20-21 in a Caspar biplane, resumed their flight eastward on Sep- tember 24. Their destination was Baghdad, but they failed to arrive there at the appointed time and no news of their whereabouts was received for some days. It was learnt later that they made a forced descent near Mouslimie, north of Aleppo, where repairs to the engine caused some delay. They eventually arrived at Baghdad on September 27, but when attempting to take oft, on September 30, the machine crashed and was damaged. The pilot and passengers, however, were uninjured. Mr. Levine ON September 28 Mr. Levine and Capt. Hinchliffe flew in the " Miss Columbia " from Ravenna to Rome. Here Mr. Levine, on October 3, had an audience with the Pope, who congratulated him on his recent flights and gave him the apostolic benediction, blessing his future enterprises. Flying in " Miss Columbia " on October 4 to Ravenna, with the intention of dropping a present for Signor Mussolini's baby boy, Capt. Hinchliffe had to make a forced descent in a vineyard, with disastrous results to " Miss Columbia," but, fortunately, without hurt to himself, Mr. Levine and the Prince of Orleans, who was a passenger. Focke-Wulf " Ente " Crashes THE Focke-Wulf " Ente " (" tail-first " machine), which was described and illustrated in last week's issue of FLIGHT, has been crashed, and, unfortunately, the pilot, Herr Oberin- genieur Georg Wulf, who was one of the partners in the firm, "FLIGHT " Photograph THREE " GLOSTRIANS" : From right to left : Mr. H. P. Folland, Mr. R. Burroughes, and Mr. Preston, chief assistant to Mr. Folland. lost his life in the crash. The accident happened on Sep- tember 29 during a demonstration flight, but at the moment it is not known whether the accident was due to the " tail- first " arrangement of the machine or to a mishap that might have befallen an aeroplane of any type. •- • A Mooring Mast for South Africa IT is reported that the S.A. Union Government has concluded an agreement with Imperial Airways, Ltd., for the erection of an airship mooring mast at Tongaat, near Durban. German Atlantic Seaplane Crashes THE Rohrbach seaplane in which the German pilots Kerrn and Udet had planned to make an east-to-west Atlantic flight was wrecked on September 28. They were carrying out a test flight across Copenhagen Sound when engine trouble brought the machine down near the harbour, with, it is said, severe damage to the machine but, fortunately, without serious injury to the pilots. In Honour of Nungesser and Coli THE Canadian Federal Topographical Survey have given the name " Nungesser " to a lake and river in the newly discovered gold-bearing area in Northern Ontario. An adjacent lake has been named " Coli." Another " Atlantic " Item MR. R. WANAMAKER, the American millionaire who inter- ested himself, it will be remembered, in the problem of flying the Atlantic just before the war, lias now offered to finance a French Atlantic flight next year. He states he is anxious to see the tricolour welcomed in New York as en- thusiastically as the Stars and Stripes were welcomed in Paris, and as soon as a French constructor has produced a machine which satisfies the necessary tests he will buy it and take over all the necessary expenses in connection with the attempt. Brock and Schlee back in U.S. THE two American airmen William Brock and Edward Schlee, who flew from Detroit to Tokyo in the " Pride of Detroit," monoplane, have again crossed the ocean from Japan to America—but not by air. They arrived at San Francisco on September 29 in the steamship Korea Maru with their machine, in which they " completed " their world flight to Detroit on October 4. They have thus been round the world in six weeks. U.S. Navy's Air Programme THE U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Wilbur, has an- nounced that the naval aviation building programme for the fiscal year (from July 1 next) provides for 146 machines at a cost "of 87,600,000. " London-Paris Restaurant Plane's Record ONE of the French Air Union restaurant planes (illus- trated in our last issue), piloted by Delage, made the Lmidon- Paris trip on September 30 in the record time of 1 hr. 31 mins. —hardly time for lunch ! Miss Norah Blaney Entertains Up Above ON September 30, Miss Norah Blaney, the actress, enter- tained 19 guests whilst flying over London in an Imperial Airways air liner. The France-South America Service THE combined air-and-sea mail service between France and South America, to which reference has already been made in FLIGHT, is expected to start on October 15.Cheaper Air Fares ON October 3, reduced fares on the Imperial Airways services between London and the Continent came into force. The six guineas fare for the London-Paris Silver Wing de Luxe line is now five guineas, and the single fare on the Handley Page liners operating between London and Brussels is now /4 10s., instead of £5. To Preach the Gospel MR. N. VINTCENT and Mr. J. S. Newall are to commence an air tour next month through India, Arabia, Persia, Pales- tine, Malay States and China. They will use two machines, give flying demonstrations at the towns visited, and also lectures. They hope to explain to business men the possi- bilities of commercial air services in the East. 704
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