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FLIGHT, MARCH 27, 1931 AIRISMS IflRCM THE fCLC WINDS The Princes' South AmericanTour As briefly recorded last week,the Prince of Wales and Prince George, at the conclusion of theopening of the British Empire Ex- hibition at Buenos Aires, set outfrom Palomar, on March 15, in two Puss Moth aeroplanes, to visitMr. Carlos Brown's famous ranch at Volta. On March 18, the Prince,accompanied by Senora Aguirre and Lord Ednam, left Cordoba by airfor Rosario, when a descent was made to refuel. Proceeding shortlyafter, they arrived back in Buenos Aires in time to attend a dance atthe Hurlingham County Club. Prince George returned later bytrain. On March 21 the Princes said good-bye to Argentina and leftBuenos Aires in one of the Super- marine " Southampton " flying-boats of the Argentine Navy for Montevideo, Uruguay. They wereaccompanied by two other " Southampton^," and reachedMontevideo shortly after midday, a tumultuous welcome being accordedthem as they landed in the harbour. Miss Reynolds Held Up Miss DELPHINE REYNOLDS, who,with Flight-Lieut. W. G. Pudney, is flying a Blackburn " Bluebird "(D.H. " Gipsy III ") to the Cape via the West Coast route, has metwith a mishap. It appears that her machine was rammed by a riversteamer in the Gambra, and the tail and port ailerons were damaged. New parts are being shipped fromLondon. Sir John Salmond's Flying Tour THE two '• Iris " flying-boats of No. 209 F.B. Squadronleft Mount Batten on March 24, and flew to Hourtin, near Bordeaux. The next stage will be overland to Berre, nearMarseilles. Air Chief Marshal Sir John Salmond, Chief of the Air Staff, is leaving London on March 31 by train andsteamer for Marseilles, where he will embark on one of the " Iris " boats. The squadron will then make one flight toMalta and another to Sollum, where the C.A.S. will change to a landplane and fly on to Cairo, Palestine, and Trans-jordan, as was announced in the last issue of FLIGHT. Thisis the first time that a Chief of the Air Staff has paid an official tour of inspection to R.A.F. stations overseas, thoughon one occasion, Sir Hugh (now Lord) Trenchard, when visiting Egypt for other purposes, took the occasion to visitthe stations. On the outward journey, Sir John will spend two nights at Malta and one at Sollum. The boats areexpected back at Mount Batten about April 15. Paris-Tokio Flight Two French airmen, MM. Burtin and Moenche, left LeBourget on March 2, in a Farman 190-Titan monoplane, to fly to Tokio, and reached their destination on March 21.The flight was not without incident, for when they arrived at Seoul^ Korea, on March 19, they were detained by theauthorities, because they flew over a forbidden area, having taken the Moppo route from Shanghai instead of the Mukdenroute. However, the airmen were released on March 21, and flew non-stop from Seoul to Tokio, a distance of 12,000miles. The route followed on this flight was via Syria, Iraq, India, Siam, Indo-China, and China.Lady Heath Flies Again LADY HEATH, who is back in America, has been flyingagain since her accident last year. The U.S. authorities have, however, temporarily withheld her flying licence, because sherecently swooped down in her machine to within 20 ft. of some photographers to aid them taking some film picturesof her. Japanese Airship's 60-Hour FlightTHE Japanese semi-rigid naval airship recently accom- plished a flight, without refuelling, lasting 60 hours. THE SUPERMARINE "SOUTHAMPTON" IN THE ARGENTINE : OnMarch 21 the Prince of Wales and Prince George flew from Buenos Aires to Montevideo in one of the eight Argentine Navy " Southampton " flying-boats. Our picture shows a group taken on the occasion of the first trial flights with one of these machines at Puerto Belgrano last August andincludes, from left to right—the Paymaster and Doctor of the Air Station, Lt. Aumann, Lt. Lepnace (pilot), Comdr. Monti, Mr. B. Powell (SupermarineAviation Works, Ltd.), Comdr. R. Fitzsimon, Comdr. Jensen (Chief of Air Station), Lt.-Comdr. Cappers, and Lt. Mason Lugones. " Graf Zeppelin " to Fly to'PalestineTHE German airship Graf Z.eppelin will make a flight to Egypt and Palestine next month. Permission has beengranted for the airship to land at Almaza aerodrome, Cairo, where landing operations will be assisted by the R.A.F. TheGraf 7.eppcliti will subsequently fly across the Suez Canal to Palestine and back to Cairo.W.C.A. Aircraft Destroyed A FIRE caused by the explosion of a petrol tank hasdestroyed a hangar and nine machines of Western Canada Airways at Winnipeg. It is estimated that the resultantloss is "about ^50,000. Australian Air-liner Missing ONE of the Australian National Airways Avro 10machines. Southern Cloud, operating on the Sydney-Melbourne service, has been missing since March 21, and up to the timeof writing, no news of its fate has come to hand. The air- liner, piloted by Mr. W. T. Shortridge, carried five passengersand a second pilot, and was last seen near Violettown flying low near the Strathbozie Mountains. Severe storms prevailedthroughout Victoria at the time, and it is feared the machine has crashed in heavily timbered and inaccessible territory.Although several aircraft have been searching for the Southern Cloud, no trace has yet been found. Both Air CommanderKingsford Smith and Mr. Ulm—who formed National Air- ways Limited— have taken part in the search.Well-known Italian Pilots Killed COL. UMBERTO MADDALENA and Capt. Fausto Cecconi,two of Italy's best-known pilots and Engineer-Lt. Giuseppe da Monte lost their lives in a flying accident off Pisa onMarch 19. It is reported that they were testing a Savoia S. 64, with which an attempt was to be made to regain the durationrecord—which, until recently, was held by these two pilots— when the machine broke in the air and crashed into the sea.All three took part in the recent formation flight to South America. Messages of sympathy have been sent from theKing of Italy, Sig. Mussolini, and Lord Amulree, Secretary of State for Air, sent the following message to General Balbo :" I have heard with deep regret of the tragic accident in which Col. Maddalena, Capt. Cecconi, and Capt. Da Monte 278
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