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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930.

TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT.

FURTHER ATTEMPT TO

BE MADE.

ELECTRIC POWER AT

TAIPA ISLAND.

CEREMONIOUS INAUGURA- TION OF INSTALLATION.

Los Angeles, July 10.

Macao, Aug. 4. Lieut. Harold Bromley and Another phase in the develop- Harold Gatty will take off from ment of Macao is the installation | here to-morrow morning for of electricity for light and power Tacoma, Wash., in the secretly-in the outlying islands of Talpa constructed Emaco monoplane, and Colowan. To Commander L City of Tacoma, in which they Carmona, who has taken a great in- hope to be the first to make the terest in this development, the 4,778-mile hop across the Pacific

thanks of the colony are due in a from Tacoma to Tokyo, non-stop

special manner. Some two years by air. Forty-five hours have

ago Commander Carmeria com been scheduled for the fight.

pleted the installation of Bn of The craft is the fourth built for electric plant in the island Bromley in two years. Three Colowan; and yesterday the in- other planes of a different make auguration of electric lighting crashed, one with Bromley at the took place at Taipa Island before a large assembly, several visitors controls at Tacoma, in July, 1929: from Hongkong being among those another on a test flight here two present. months later, and the, third, at Muroc Dry Lake two months ago. A test pilot was killed in the third smash..

The provision of electric sup- plies at Taipa Island completes the lighting up of all the parts of the colony of Macao.

Opportunity was taken to per- form two other ceremonies, tho unveiling of a portrait of His Excellency Senhor Tamagnini Barbosa and the opening of the new edifice of the fire-fighting ser vices in Talpu Island.

Gatty is Co-Pilot. Plans on the other three ships called for his making the daring trip alone, but the new City of Tacoran is built with dual con- trols and Gatty will go as co-pilot, navigator and radio operator. The

At six o'clock His Excellency latter is an Australian. twenty- seven years of age, who has de- the Governor and Mme. Tamagnini veloped the Weems system of Barbosa set out from Macno, ne nerial navigation, and instructed companied by several visitors, Bromley when the pilot was mak- At the landing stage at Talpa a ing preparations for a solo crass-rousing welcome awaited them, ing.

and the several armed guard junks' of the fishing fleets fired salvoes from their quaint muzzle-loading

Flight tests on the giant, high winged monoplane, powered by a 425-horsepower wasp motor, were made early this week. It was built especially for the flight.

cannon.

On shore the booming of huge strings of crackers added to the note of jubiliation.

The fishing junks were drawn Tanks for 1.020 gallons of up in close formation, and, all gasoline are built into the sixty-lighted up, they presented a very foot-long wing and the fuselage picturesque appearance, that har- The piloting compartment is at the nose, with two sets of wheel and rudder controls side by side.

monized with the gay illuminations

on shore.

Col. A. J. Guimaraes Lobato - Great Circle Route,

gave the visitors welcome, and led Gatty will be in charge of navi- them to the Municipal Hall at gation and radio. The plane will Taipa, where prefacing the cere- follow the great circle route, just many of unveiling a portrait of north of the ocean liner track H. E. the Governor with a suitable from Tacoma to the Orient. He speech, he extolled the work of will operate the short-wave send-Senhor Tamagnini Barbosa. From Ing and receiving radio set to the Municipal Hall, the visitors check the flyers' position with repaired to the new fire station boats, and keep radio stations in- formed of the plane's progress.

The new craft can cruise at 115 miles an hour, and although the flyers expect to encounter average head winds of fifteen miles an hour all the way across, they are certain they will have enough fuel to get them to Tokyo and 1,000 miles beyond, Plane, fuel and men will weigh approximately 10,000 pounds at the take-off. The

at Taipa where Lt. Gaudencio de Conceicao, Commander of the fire brigade for Macao, asked the the building. Governor to open

the In a suitable speech, H.E. Governor congratulated the mem- bers of the fire brigade for their efficient work in the service of! the colony.

Power Station Opened. The opening of the power station

craft weighs 4,000 pounds empty. of the Talpa electric station was In case of a forced water-land- the final ceremony to be perform-

ing, the flyers are equipped with a rubber lifeboat which will sup- port a ton. They have for this a portable. short wave sending and receiving radio; concentrated food and apparatus that will change their breath into drinking water. The orange-coloured plane is not equipped with pontoons, but should float for some time if land- ed intact.

May Hop to Europe.

If the proposed flight is success- ful. Bromley indicated be and Gatty may hop to Europe and try to span the Atlantic from Paris to New York.

ed. Col. Lobato, officer in charge of the services of Taipaand Colowan, requested Mme. Tamag- nini Barbosa to turn on the switch to throw the plant into motion, and as this was done there was prolonged and vociferous applause on all sides.

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of the new service, and thanked Under-nourish ed Commander Carmona for his in- defatigable work in the interests of the colony, over a period of many years. During the whole evening Talpa remained en fete, and fireworks were lit all through Both men are married. Brom-the night, while triumphal arches, ley has a seven-year-old son, and gaily illuminated, contributed to Gatty has three boys, the eldest the festivities.

small one, but it suflees for the The building in which the engines present requirements of the place. have been housed has accommoda- tion for three more engines.

seven years of age. Gatty came The plant at Taipa Island is a here four years ago and establish- ed a navigation laboratory, where he has taught flyers, including Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, his syetem, which makes it possible for a flyer to determine his exact position within half a minute at night and two minutes in day- time.

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