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FLIGHT, FEBRUARY 14, 1930 MRISMS FROM THE FOUR WINDS R \.i . Flight to the CapeT-F four R.A.F. Fairey III F machines of No. 14 Bomber Snua<i' >n, which left Cape Town on February 4, on the return tlight to Cairo, are progressing "according to plan." yn I'i hruary 5 they arrived at Durban, and Pretoria on February 7. Continuing on February 10, they proceeded to Buhnv.iyo, and reached Salisbury on February 11. Gen. Brink, Chief of the South African General Staff, is accom- panying the Flight as a passenger. One of the Flight had to remain at Pretoria, in hospital, suffering from fever. Mr. Chichester in New Zealand MR. F. C. CHICHESTER, who recently flew from England to Australia in his Gipsy Moth, arrived at Wellington, New Zealand, from Sydney by steamer. He received a very hearty welcome. French Flight to India and Back COMMANDANTS WEISS and Girier, who recently flew from France to Pondicherry in a Breguet (Hispano-Suiza), started on their return flight last week. Flying via Karachi and Bushire, they reached Aleppo on February 7, having covered the 3,700"miles in 21 days. Sir H. Wilkins' Expedition SOME anxiety has prevailed regarding the safety of Sir Hubert Wilkins, who is engaged in an aerial expedition in the Antarctic. Since January 27, no messages had been received from his research ship William Scoresby, which was c3nveying Sir Hubert and his pilot Al Cheesman to a suitable taking off point,for the flight to the South Pole. The base ship Melville, at Deception Island, has been unable to establish wireless communication with Sir Hubert. On February 11, however, a whaling vessel reported that it had heard from the William Scoresby. A Goliath Crashes in Kent ON Monday, February 10, a Goliath aeroplane of the French Air Union, flying from Paris to London, crashed on the emergency landing ground near Marden, 7 miles from Maidstone, Kent. After crashing, the machine caught fire, and two passengers—Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hodges, of Sheerness —were killed. The pilot, M. J. Nevot, the two mechanics, Messrs. Lesolliec and Albaux, and one passenger, Mr. Hugh Curson, of Hull, escaped with injuries. Mr. Curson is reported to have said that one of the mechanics told the passengers that a control had gone wrong, and that the machine was going to land. Villagers who witnessed the crash said that the machine came down as if to land, then apparently tried to climb again, and" then stalled and nose-dived into the ground. The survivors, although injured, are said to have made heroic efforts to get the two other passengers out of the wreckage, but doubtless both had been killed or stunned by the shock of the crash. French Mail 'Plane Lost A FRENCH mail seaplane operating on the Marseilles- Algiers service, was forced down in the sea near Cape Bear and was wrecked. There were no passengers on board, but it is feared that the crew of three have lost their lives. Flying-Boats and the Isle of Wight AT a recent meeting of the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, the president, Mr. H. B. Fowler, said that they hoped that there would soon be an authoritative announcement on the question of providing a central aerodrome for the island. The development of flying-boat travel was likely to be a great additional attraction for the island, as it was engaging the attention of important builders and wealthy sportsmen. He said that soon quite a number of flying-boats would provide sport on the quiet waters of the Solent, and that people would flock to the island to see races between amphibians which could alight on either sea or land. The chairman was asked whether the development of flying would render a Solent tunnel unnecessary, and he replied that that did not seem to be the opinion of those who wanted the tunnel. India Air Mail Delays A QUESTIONNAIRE was recently sent out to the banks and leading business houses in London by the Civil Aviation Section of the London Chamber of Commerce to enquire as to their experience of the Air Mail to India. The chief suggestion emerging from the replies received was for the speeding up of the delivery of the mail after reaching Karachi. It is generally complained that there is considerable delay in the delivery of letters at the various terminal points so that the advantage in the saving of time by the Air Mail is partly lost. This matter has been brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for India by the London Chamber of Commerce, and it is understood that their representations have been forwarded for the consideration of the Indian Government. Complaints of delay have also been received from India, in connection with which it has been pointed out that a letter which just misses the weekly air mail from Karachi will have to wait a whole week for the next aeroplane, and so takes as long to be delivered in England as if it had just caught the homeward P. & O. steamer at Bombay. Imperial Airways, Ltd., are now engaged in negotiating agreements with the .countries over which their service to India travels. Until these have been completed, statements of a revised time-table to India must be regarded as premature. Light 'Plane Tour of Europe Prizes Presented THE Challenge Cup of last year's (1929) " Challenge International de Tourisme," which was won by Fritz Morzik, representing the Aero Club of Germany, was presented to that organisation at a reception held on January 17 at the Aero Club of France. The Count de la Vaulx, President of the F.A.I., presided at this event, and in his presentation speech expressed his great appreciation of the cordial hos- pitality shown by all the countries to the contestants during last year's tour. Herr von Hoeppler, Vice-President of the Aero Club of Germany, accepted the cup on behalf of his organisation and thanked the Aero Club of France in the name of the contestants for the able way in which the contest had been managed. Fritz Morzik, the winner, Captain H. S. Broad, the second man, and Lucien Delmotte, the French pilot, were the contestants present who received their individual awards. British Aircraft for Canada SIXTEEN British aircraft have been ordered by the Canadian Department of National Defence for training purposes in the R.C.A.F. Fourteen of these machines will be Avro " Avians," built by the Ottawa Car Manufac- turing Co., while the other two will be Hawker " Tomtits " ordered from the H. G. Hawker Engineering Co., of Kingston- on-Thames. Back to 1918 : A reader of "Flight,'' Mr. H. G. Harris, sends us the accompanying photo- graph hoping that it may be of interest. The group was taken at Bulford Gamp in 1918, and includes Capt. F. D. Davis (in centre with his dog), who is now at the Brooklands School of Flying. 217
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