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FLIGHT, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931 Miss Amy JohnsonMiss AMY JOHNSON has madea fairly rapid flight home from Japan in her " Puss Moth." At-previously reported, she originally left Tokyo on August 24, butowing to bad weather had to return to Osaka. She resumedher journey on August 28, and by September 4 had reached Moscow,where only a short stop was made, after which she proceeded toVelikize-Luki, on the Latvian frontier. From here she was de-layed by gales and storms on her journey to Konigsberg, makingtwo forced landings in Latvia. She landed eventually at Konigs-berg on September 6, but bad weather again held her up, and shedid not reach Berlin until Sep- tember 8. Miss Johnson leftBerlin early on September 9 for England, and landed at Lympnein the evening. A Round Australia Flight Record FLYING a Sports Avro Avian(" Gipsy II "), Mr. H. F- Broadbent, of the New SouthWales Aero Club, on September 6, established a new record for the" round-Australia " flight. He covered roughly 7,600 miles in7 days 8 hr. 15 min., thereby beating the previous record held by Air-Commodore Kingsford-Smith. Incidentally, his isthe first solo record for the circuit of Australia. His flying time for the trip was 83 hr. 35 min. Mr. Broadbent'smachine was lubricated throughout with Wakefield Castro] oil.Graf Zeppelin's Atlantic Flight THE German airship, Graf Zeppelin, has added yetanother noteworthy achievement to those already in her favour, for she has succeeded in making a round trip THE U.S. AIRSHIP "AKRON ": A closeup of the con- trol cabin with part of the ground crew before the " Akron " slipped out of the hangar for the first time on August 26. Another photo of the Airship appears on page 922. MISS AMY JOHNSON IN JAPAN : A photograph taken on August 14, whenGeneral Nagaoka, President of the Aeronautical Society, Japan, entertained Miss Amy Johnson and her mechanic, Mr. Humphrey, to an informal Japanese tea party at hisprivate house in Tokyo. Reading from left to right are: Madame Nagaoka, Miss Johnson, Mr. Ash (an American pilot), Mr. Humphrey and General Nagaoka. from Friedrichshafen to Brazil and back in less than ninedays, of which two were spent in Brazil. The Graf Zeppelin left Germany on August 29, and arrived atPernambuco on September 1 ; leaving again on Septem- ber 4, she arrived back at Friedrichshafen on September 7.When over the Bay of Biscay on September 6 the airship broadcast a concert of gramophone records, which waspicked up and relayed to listeners by the Stuttgart and Toulouse wireless stations. This now makes eightAtlantic flights accomplished by the Graf Zeppelin—and it is proposed to make another trip to Brazil at the end ofthis month. Von Gronau's Greenland FlightTHE German pilot, von Gronau, who is carrying out a survey flight in connection with an air service betweenEurope and America, has completed his task, and last week arrived at Chicago from Greenland.Air Navigation Conference at Bucharest A MEETING of the Air Ministers of Great Britain,France and Italy, with Prince Bibesco, President of the International Aeronautical Federation, will be held atBucharest on October 10, to discuss rules for the control of air navigation.New Under-Secretary of State for Air THE KING has approved the appointment of Sir PhilipSassoon as Under-Secretary of State for Air in the new Government.A High-Speed Long-Distance Flight MAJ. " JIMMY " DOOLITTLE—who won the 19-5Schneider Trophy Contest—established a new trans- continental record flight on September 4. He flew fromLos Angeles to Newark, N.J., 2,550 miles, in 11 hr. 11 min • at an average speed of about 230 m.p.h.The Do.S. A NEW flying-boat, the Do.S, has been completed H'the Dornier Aircraft Works at Friedrichshafen. She carries 25 passengers and has a cruising speed of 115 m.p.h.Savoia Machines for Turkey THE Turkish Government, it is reported, has deckkyto buy 18 Savoia-Marchetti seaplanes for the Turkish Air Force. They will be fitted with Italian engines, and areto be delivered before the end of the year. :.__. 928 •:
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