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JUNE 14, 1928 The Missing Airship AFTER a silence lasting more than a fortnight definitewireless communication has at last been established between the missing airship, the " Italia," and its supply ship, " Cittadi Milano." The crew are separated and drifting in groups on the ice off North East Land. General Nobile and eightof his crew who were in one gondola became detached from the airship which drifted away with the remaining seven onboard and landed about 20 miles away. General Nobile started to walk towards the steamer, Braganza, 125 milesaway, but abandoned it, although three of his companions continue to fight through. Many of the provisions carriedin the airship have been lost and there is now no means of warming food. Wireless messages continue to be receivedfrom the General appealing for firearms, stoves and medical supplies. He has been able to make a small tent with fabricwhich was in the gondola. Many of the party are suffering from frozen hands and feet. Maj. Maddalena, the Italianpilot, reached Amsterdam in a large machine on his way to King's Bay and left for Copenhagen on June 11. Lieut.Luetzow Holm made a forced landing in Mossel Bay, Spitz- bergen, whilst searching and was rescued by a dog-sledteam. Another machine was leaving Pisa on June 14 for the north, and Sweden has ordered a large hydroplane withthree engines to start from Stockholm. A Russian ice-breaker, Krassin, is expected at Spitzbergen shortly with a three-engined machine on board. Flight to India THE Duchess of Bedford, Capt. C. D. Barnard, and Mr.E. H. Alliott left Lympne on June 10 in a Fokker monoplane (Bristol " Jupiter " engine) in an attempt to fly to India andback in eight days. It was necessary to take off towards telegraph wires owing to the prevailing wind, and the wireswere touched and dragged down, but fortunately without mishap to the machine. After a flight of 14 hours they reachedSofia, a distance of 1,260 miles, in accordance with their anticipations. The following morning they left for Aleppo.Atlantic Aspirants IN the single-engined monoplane, " Miss Columbia,"belonging to Mr. Levine, the American millionaire who flew the Atlantic with Mr. Chamberlin, Miss Mabel Boll,Capt. Leboutillier and Mr. A. Argles left New York on June 12, and reached Grace Harbour, Newfoundland,from where they intend hopping off for Europe. Miss Boll's competitor. Miss Amelia Earhart, who is at Trepassey,Newfoundland, with a three-engined Fokker seaplane, named " Friendship," has made many attempts to take-offfor the Atlantic flight with her pilot Mr. Wilmer Stulz, but failed, apparently due to overloading.East to West Atlantic Flight THE Atlantic flight from east to west is to be essayedagain. Two American airmen, Lieuts. Kangun and Johnson, hope to start from London on July 1 in a three-enginedFokker monoplane and fly via the Azores, with Philadelphia as their objective. Should success prevail, a prize of £5,000will be awarded them. The former officer's wife will be a passenger. Atlantic Airmen Returning MAJOR FITZMAURICE, Baron von Hueneveld and Capt.H. Kohl, the three airmen who flew from Ireland to Greenly Island, Canada, recently, in the Junkers monoplane, the Bremen," are returning to Europe by boat.Mexican Pilot's Fine Flight CAPT. EMILIO CARRANZA, the Mexican pilot, left MexicoCity on June 11, to attempt a non-stop flight of 2,000 miles to Washington, but he was forced to land at Mooresville,North Carolina, owing to very thick fog after flying 1,700 miles. The fog had even stopped air mail pilots. Later,when it cleared, Capt. Carranza reached Washington. Another Antarctic Expedition A THIRD expedition to the Antarctic is preparing underthe command of Commander D. G. Jefiery, R.N. (retired). A large aeroplane, having a petrol capacity of 1,500 gallonsand a cruising radius of 3,000 miles, will be taken as well as a smaller machine, possibly a Lockheed " Vega," like thatused by Capt. Sir G. Wilkins on his recent Arctic flight. Greek Air Tour A GREEK Breguet XIX flown by two Greek militarypilots, MM. Papadakos and Adamides, left Tatoi on June 8 for a tour of the Mediterranean.Lady Bailey THE request of Lady Bailey to fly to Katanga, BelgianCongo, has been acceded to by the Belgian authorities at Elizabeth ville.Orly Aviation Display Accident AN unfortunate accident marred the aviation display,organised by the Union of Civil Pilots (France), at Orly on May 27. One of the competing pilots, during a practiceflight, over-ran when landing and crashed into the enclosure, killing two of the spectators and injuring seven others.Round- the- World MR. JOHN MEARS and Mr. Charles Collyer are attemptingto encircle the globe in 23 days with the help of a monoplane. Paris-Teheran Air Service IT may be of interest to note that last week therearrived in Teheran—via the Junkers air service in Persia— the first passenger with a through ticket by air from Paristo Teheran ; the journey from Paris was undertaken via Berlin, Moscow and Baku by air the whole way to Teheran,The total flying time of the journey was 52£ hours. Italian Air Visit GENERAL BALBO, the Under-Secretary for Air in Italy,will lead twelve Italian machines on a flight to England shortly, and the airmen will stay for the Hendon Pageant on J une 30,but not take part. Junkers Machines for Afghanistan A THREE-ENGINED Junkers G.24 monoplane, which waspresented to the Afghan King when he visited Berlin during his European tour a few months ago, will be flown to Afghani-stan soon, together with two single-engined Junker F.13 machines, which have been bought by the Afghan authorities.Western Canada Airways Extend into British Columbia THE entry of Western Canada Airways, Ltd., of Winni-peg, one of the largest commercial aviation firms in the Dominion, into the British Columbia field is forecast in thepurchase of Pacific Airways, Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C. Completion of the deal is announced by Mr. John Hunter,secretary of Western Canada Airways, Ltd., and Maj. D. R. MacLaren, D.S.O., M.C., managing director of the BritishColumbia firm. Plans for a triangle passenger and express service between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, with oneround trip daily, have been made by the firm, which will also conduct the fisheries patrol for the Dominion Governmentin British Columbia and do commercial flying of all kinds. A number of new aeroplanes will be used by the firm inBritish Columbia, including two of the nine supcr-Fokkers at present on order for the company for works in Manitoba.Flying Pupils "Show Off" at St. Louis ACCORDING to our American contemporary, Aviation,the Von Hoffmann Aircraft School of St. Louis has intro- duced a novel feature in its training course. During theirlast few hours of cross-country flying instruction, those pupils who live near St. Louis are allowed to make a tripto their home town. Here they can give their folks a thrill by circling over the " old home," after which they landand hand the machine over to the instructor. Twenty Years Ago ! Extract jrorn " The Auto." (Precursor of " Flight "), June 13, 1908. " The Peltrie Aeroplane.—On Whit Monday M. Peltrie. . . achieved a flight of some 1,300 yards on his aero- plane. A feature of the machine is that it is of the monoplanetype, having only one surface, and a peculiarity of the flight performed with it on Monday was that it took place at analtitude of about 120 ft. from the ground. ... In making the descent the aeroplane was somewhat damaged,and M. Peltrie himself sustained slight injuries to his arm." " A Delagrange ' Three-Decker.'—It is reported from Romethat M. Delagrange, as the outcome of his recent experi- ments, contemplates constructing a three-decker aeroplane,which he believes will be stable in any wind." 451
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