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JUNE 28, 1928 Great Flying-Boat CruiseTHE four R.A.F. Southampton flying-boats engaged on the Far East and Australian cruise, reached Adelaide onJune 22 from West Australia, and landed on the river in a rain squall. An unusual accident occurred to one of theAustralian Supermarine flying-boats when it was preparing to take-off with the intention of meeting the R.A.F. machines100 miles down the coast. In a squall it capsized in 13 ft. of water ; the pilot, who was alone, springing clear.Duchess of Bedford Still Delayed THE Fokker monoplane, named " Princess Xenia," inwhich the Duchess of Bedford, Capt. Barnard and Mr. Alliot are flying to India and back, is still at Bushire. It is anti-cipated that the flight will be resumed about the second week in July.Italian Arctic Expedition THE situation of General Nobile's stranded expeditionabove Spitzbergen looks more hopeful this week. The General himself was rescued by Lieut. Lundborg in a Swedishseaplane on June 23, and is now on board his base ship, Cittti di Milano, suffering with a fractured leg. Lundborgflew back to the others on the ice floe the next day and, unfortunately, broke his undercarriage, and thus wantsrescuing himself. Explaining why he was removed first, the General states that he opposed the plans, but his companionsinsisted on him going, and the Swedish pilot also insisted that his orders were to take him first. The floe where theparty are stranded is 200 yards by 300 yards. Another member, Cecioni, is now reported rescued. Complete silencereigns over the fate of Nobile's crew, who were carried away in the airship. There is no news yet of Capt. Amundsen and Major Guilbaudwho leftTromso on June 18, in the Latham flying-boat which has twin Farman engines in tandem. They had 500 milesacross sea to cover to reach King's Bay, Spitzbergen, but it was suggested that they continued to the north-east coastto instigate a search for Nobile at once. Wireless messages were thought to have been picked up from them by a ship,but have not been confirmed. Lieut. Sarko reached King's Bay to search by air. The explorer has now been adrift forten days, and he was reported to have only a fortnight's rations on board when he left Tromso. The flying-boat in question was being prepared for an attempt on the Atlanticfrom France to New York, the pilot being Major Guilbaud. French Air Manoeuvres ABOUT 5." French machines, belonging to the 34thAviation Regiment, left Le Bourget, on June 21, for a four- day tour in France in massed formation. The departurewas without incident. Five of the machines were occupied by the General Staff under the command of Col. Poli Marchetti.Bordeaux and Pan were reached the same day and 50 com- pleted the entire circuit by June 24. In 15J hrs. flying time,1,575 miles were covered. Light-Light Aeroplane THE Hungarian pilot Kaszala reached Rome recentlywith a machine described as the smallest in the world. It is reported to be fitted with an 18 lip. engine and weighsonly 300 lb. The students at the Budapest Polytechnic constructed it entirely.Air Service In Iceland ON May 31, Iceland opened an air mail service, con-necting the capital, Reykjavik, with the principal towns. A South African Air Record ON May 30 last, Col. Sir H. P. van Ryneveld, Directorof South African Air Services, broke the S.A. speed record at Swartkop aerodrome, Pretoria. Flying a 1)11.9 biplanefitted with a Bristol " Jupiter " engine, he attained a speed of 138 m.p.h.—an excess of 10 m.p.h. over the previousrecord. Twenty Years Ago ! Extract from " The Auto." Precursor of "Flight "), Juve 27,1908. "M. Delagrange Flies Over Ten Miles.—M. Delagrangehas continued his short flights at Milan, making flights of nearly up to 3 kms. at a time until Monday last, when hecapped all previous performances and created a new world's record by flying, at a height of from 10 to 20 ft., a distanceof 17 kms. in 16| mins. on the Piazza d'Armi. A proposal is now on foot for M. Delagrange to fly in a match againstMr. H. Farman over a specified course, which will be a further mark in aviation history as the first pre-arrangedcontest of its kind." Armstrong - Sid -deley Engines in Italy : Sig. Mus-solini (second from right, in silkhat) inspecting the triple-engined(Armstrong- Sid- deley " Lynx ")Fokker mono- plane employedon the Munich- Milan air line.Next to the Duce is Gen. de Pinedo,while behind him, on the extremeright, is Sig. Balbo, ItalianUnder- Secretary for Air. Note theyoung l.lady just about to give theFascist salute. 481
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