AVIATRIX RETURNS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 15

AVIATRIX RETURNS

■■'■ jMlisiMoH^ CLIFFORD;/ ,; ;:/:.EXPE^iENeES: abroad:-^./ i• \ .-Although . :Miss Aroha-.ioiiflot d, 'like: :we'll-known-.New" Zealand' atiairii^did; not' obtain : father V; con«ent:; to ,fly; home ''from :thb/bld..;CQuntry;.as:;f arias Australia, she has- evidently,' made; good itse of hei^; time iii England, as, far. a« flying is.cpneer-iied. ■'•'.••■■. ■ :''.'■ ■••■■' ■ v: ■ '■• Miss Clifford and'her-father, MrI.' W. iL. Clifford, ■ returned by the ;Bangitane to-day, and Miss: Clifford'told a" Postf representative that, three months of "her :time at Home was:gpen't:at'de;Haviland's taking owner's.course in mechanics,' which;; had given, her*» good knowledge of/running repairs, etc. "That was a whole-time job, really,^' said Miss Clifford,:"butviialso-;.- joined the" London Aeroplane /Club,1 and frequently flew their machines' from. Stag Lane until I got 'myidwii' Puss jMoth. I flew--a lot over England,' and,had ten: days- on.; the .Continent,: de = Hayiland/s providing'the pUo.t./ ; We;: w;ent,'.to,;Nic;q and Berne, and had a couple of/marvellous ""days flying 'round : tfie 'Alps^/aiid' then.) on' 'to' Amsterdam.-^.^; ;• ■■:;,■, '/'^ .'.'.--KMiss Clifford met-Miss' Amy Johnson' and Miss Winifred..■ Spobne>,;./whoso plucky swim for help when fbreed; downoff / the : . Italian. "co ast on' her 'atteaipt ,tp lower the 'record flying time -to / Cape Town, thrilled readers: some ; months back; Miss Clifford ;liked Miss, Spoonor very, much,- and understands that she if getting ready to set put, again; over, the same -course. ■" '"■.:'■ ■■.:.. ■,■;;.•-,;:.■ ■ •"' .:'

"We saw some iriaryeii oll s flying at the Brooklands; school of '.flying' when .a pageant was arranged for the.delegates to the India Bound^TableConferenee, the demonstrations .of^itvverted flying beingi particularly: thrilling,"; said Mias Clifford. "'' We also made a hurried: trip to the Continent after: we first arrived in England, and saw the last ■perforniancc.of; the 'Passion/PlayA .at :.Ober : ammergau.' \ On- the, way out ; I flew across the Panama Canal as.a-passenger. in: a cabin machine.;. 'It'.jWas-.i.riitner. f unny-to wait'sat the :oth'er endand see the ship :come in.". ;'/\. / •/'/,; . \ :Miss Clifford'says, she has no immediate'flying plans now that she is back in the Dominion, bdt the; Puss. Moth ,is being sent gut.to her.':'..' ....,■ '..■...!. v '-■:.. . When. the.'Eangitanearxived iii 'the stream this morning; an .aerbplan© from Korigotaij'piloted:,'by; Captain Stedman, circled over the: ship, and with the engine shut off 'greetings, were clearly' exchanged with , Miss .Clifford ; and her father./-: ■ :■ -. ■■'■■'■ "■■:■'■'- ■" ' ■' y^:,. ■'