The “Times“ African Flight

Abstract

DISCOVERY OF A NEW VOLCANIC FIELD. NEWS has been received with great disappointment that, owing to the failure of the engine, Dr. Chalmers Mitchell's trans-African flight was checked on February 11, when a descent had to be made in the bush, and then the machine was taken to Jebelein for repairs. The South African machine, the Silver Queen, has been irreparably smashed by a forced descent at night at Korosko. The troubles of both machines may be due to their having been unduly forced, owing to the supplies of petrol in some southern stations being apparently adequate for one machine only. The flight was resumed on February 14, and a point twenty miles from Mongalla was reached at 4 p.m. on that date. On the following day the short flight was taken to Mongalla, where Dr. Chalmers Mitchell expected to be detained for three days. In his latest message, dated February 16, he says:—