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FLIGHT, OCTOBER, 31, 1930 AIRISMS FROM THE FOUR WINDS Kingsford-Smith " Home " FOURTEEN days after leaving England, Wing-Corn. Kingsford-Smith arrived " home " at Sydney. As briefly recorded last week, after arriving at Port Darwin, Kingsford- Smith set out in the Southern Cross Junior, on October 20, for his flight across Australia to Sydney, where his remarkable dash across the world concluded. The first stage of this trans-Australia flight finished at Cloncurry, and owing to strong headwinds took 12£ hr. for the 907 miles. Next day he completed the 1,000 miles to Brisbane—this time taking 10 hr. for the trip. He received a grand welcome here—his native city—and was given a civic reception at the Town Hall, where speeches were made by the Lord Mayor, the Governor of Queensland Sir John Goodwin), and the Premier (Mr. Moore). Next day, October 22, Kingsford- Smith flew to Sydney, where lie arrived escorted by 18 aircraft. Enormous crowds gathered on Mascot Aerodrome and nearby and gave him an enthusiastic welcome. Of course, one of the first to greet the airman was Miss Mary Powell, his fiancee, and after the domestic greetings were over he was officially received by the Mayor, who presented him with a boomerang, saying it was " symbolical of the man who always gets there and always gets back." Subse- quently, Kingsford-Smith went to his parents' suburban home for the remainder of the day. He has stated that this was the last long-distance flight he would attempt. Aids in the Australian Flight IT is generally of interest to some to know something of the equipment, accessories, etc., employed in any big flight, such as Kingsford Smith's ten-day-hop to Australia. In this case it is perhaps superfluous to mention that his machine, Southern Cross Junior, was an Avro "Avian Sports," fitted with a D.H. " Gipsy II " engine—this being more or less common knowledge—but some of the " items " which aided and abetted are not perhaps, mentioned in general reports of the flight. Here, therefore, are some : in the " Gipsy " engine, B.T.-H. magnetos and a Claudel Hobson carburettor were fitted and Vacuum oil used as the lubricant. " Exide " batteries supplied the currents other than those of the wind variety, while " Palmer's " looked after " Junior " when taking off and landing. Mrs. Keith Miller MRS. KEITH MILLER, who flew from New York to Los Angeles on October 17, in 25 hr. 44 min., made the return journey on October 26 in 21 hr. 47 min., thus beating Miss Laura Ingall's record of 24 hr. 35 min. set up on October 18. Costes and Bellonte Home CAPT. COSTES and Lt. Bellonte, who accomplished a flight from Paris to New York in the Breguet Question Mark on September 1-2, arrived back in France on October 24, when AN ECHO OF THE "CIRCUIT OF ITALY " : Our picture shows Col.Sacchi in the Breda 15-S (120-h.p. Walter) landing at Rome during the Circuit of Italy competition, held last August. Col. Sacchi, it will beremembered, was declared the winner of this contest. .-™_ ;x,- the liner France reached Havre early in the morning." "A crown of well-wishers welcomed them and later they attended an official reception given by the town of Havre. The"next day they flew in the Question Mark to Le Bourget and^were accorded an enthusiastic welcome. We hope to describe the scenes at Le Bourget in our next issue.Mrs. Victor Bruce MRS. VICTOR BRUCE, who left Heston for Tokio in^a Blackburn " Bluebird " on September 25, and made a forced landing near Jask, reached Jodhpur from Karachi, en route for Calcutta, on October 27.Capt. Matthews BAD luck to the end has followed Capt. Matthews, who left Croydon for Australia on September 16- After arriving at Port Darwin on October 18, he proceeded to Sydney, but while flying from Brisbane on October 27, he again made a forced landing, at Lismore, badly damaging his " Puss Moth." He proceeded to Sydney in a mail 'plane. The Do.X Atlantic Flight THE start of the Dornier flying-boat Do.X on a Trans- atlantic flight, which was planned for November 3, has been postponed for some days, probably until November 15. Mails for transmission to America by the Do.X will be accepted at Friedrichshafen up to November 8. A South African Air Service THE Administration of South West Africa has accepted the tender of Messrs. Junkers, of Johannesburg, for a combined mail, passenger, and freight air service between Windhoek and Kimberley, from April 1, 1931, in return for a yearly subsidy of ^7,000 over a period of five years. The Junkers undertake to provide services to all parts of the territory, while the Windhoek-Kimberley service will be flown in conjunction with the arrangements of the Union Government with Imperial Airways for a trans-African service. New South Wales Air Service Extended A SHORT while back Queensland Air Navigation, Ltd., extended its Brisbane-Ballina-Lismore air service to Grafton. The service is operated with three-engined Fokker machines. A Newfoundland Air Mail Service THE first regular air mail service in Newfoundland has been established by the conclusion of a contract between the Government and Newfoundland Airways. A " Gipsy Moth," carrying 300 lb. of mails, will begin a service between St. John's and the northern settlements in January next. Greek Air Services EXCLUSIVE exploitation of air services in Greece has been granted to the aeronautic concern known as " Icaros." New R.A.F. Caterpillar Member THE forty-fifth R.A.F. member of the Caterpillar Club is Flying Officer H. L. McCulloch, of No. 30 (Bomber) Squadron, Mosul, Iraq. On September 3 he was flying back to Mosul in formation with another machine, and had just pass Agra, a distance of 53 miles from Mosul, when the other machine was caught in a bad bump and one of its wings and its airscrew struck McCulloch's tail. His machine went down in a spiral to the right, entirely out of control. McCulloch stood up in his cockpit and turned to see what his passen- ger was doing, but fell out and hit a part of the machine. This spun him several times as he fell, and consequently many seconds elapsed before he found the rip-cord ring. The Irvin parachute opened with no apparent jerk, and he had no difficulty in restricting the oscilla- tion and turning down wind. The pleasure of his gentle descent WHS marred by the fact that he knew his passenger had not jump(-il- As F./O. McCulloch weighs over 1- stone and the temperature at that hour (noon) was 110° in the shade, he anticipated a heavy landing, hut this did not occur. He suffered no shock. Airport for Portsmouth PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL nas approved a scheme for a municipal aerodrome, to cost £129,650. 1200
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