New Britain herald., 1928-04-24
ALL BRANCHES 0f
 FLYING CONTESTED
Almost Every Feat of Aviation Scheduled for Summer
Ey the United Press

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 Almost every feat of aviation, in- rludinE speed, long distance flights and cruises over uncharteu portions Of the earth, arc under considers : lion for the summer flying season.
 A number of transatlantic at tempts are planned while two around the world flights-including crossings of both the Atlantic and Pacific-arc now being worked out.
 Recently tine United Press learned hat Col. Charles A. Lindbergh plan ned an air tour of the world which probably would include eastward crossings of both the Atlantic and Pacific Lindhergh has declined to discuss the flight. but it was under stood preparations already are being made.
 The Spanish aviator Julio Ring De Aida. " ho was a co-pilot on the first Seville to Buenos Aires flight in 1926, arrived in New York this week and sad he was making plans for fn around he world flight in August.
 Tho Italian dirisiblo Italia now is at Stolp, Germany, tromwhere her commander. Umberto Mobile, will aly over the North Polar region. plans south Polar flight late in the season with Hornt Halchen and Jlosd Bennett as his co-pilots. \ palatial dirigihle is being com rlcted for d flight from England to Ihu United States in what may Dc the start of q regular transatlantic .irigiblo service between Europe and America.
 Four Japanese flyers have made splans for an attempt 10 fly across Inc Pacific,
 # Wing Commander E. k. Manning pt Australia is en route in a small tI.ane from England to Australia.
 Lieut.. D. Darcy Grieg. recently appointed commander of the speed squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. as expected to start training immc- dlatcly in an attempt 10 break the siir speed record now held by Ma jor aDchernardi of the Italian air service. { Arturio Terrain. Italian Schneider 4up racer, announced plans 10 start Shortly on sustained flight in in tho air v hours thus breaking Ahe record now held by Americans. Later he will attempt flight from Rome to Buenos Aires.
 l The English air service is con- structing an airplane which will be nsed in an attempt 10 break the long distance flight record held by Clarence Chamb berlin and Charles A. Levine
 ' Transatlantic flight attempts arc to be many:
 Frank Courtney of England an- .nounced he would attempt a vest ward flight in flying boat.
 : Luft Hansa Air Corporation of Germany announced it was creating 3reat powered machines which prob ably would be used on transatlantic lliEht service attempts. Nine pilots have been trained for transatlantic Nights. .r.. | Duke Schiller and Phil Wood. Canadians, announced they would attempt a flight from Ireland to Old Orchard, Me. in an English flight boat equipped with three American motors
 Z Five French transatlantic flights are contemplated by Lieut.. Michael De Troyat in an Ayimeta mono plane: Rene Couzinet in three mo- ,'ored plane: Sgt, Mai, Antoine Pail Rrch in tri-motored plane and two official flights by the aviation section of the French navy of which siaptain Guilhaud will pilot the Latham bi-mo otored plane. Dlcu- esl onre Costes and Joseph Lebrix also are ssid to be considering an At jantic crossing this month. { Baron Gunther Non Huenefeld, ] 3'aptan koehl and Ma jor Fitzma,l- srice of the German Bremen also in- dnsted they. might attempt to re- turn to Europe in the plane in which y hey came to America.