ON THE WAY.
Mrs. Victor Bruce on Solo Flight To Tokyo. • FIRST HOP COVERED. (Br/tish Official Wireless.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, September 25. The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce left ffeston aerodrome this morning on a solo flight to Tokyo. She has arrived at Munich and expects to reach Budapest or Vieniia to-night. She is travelling in a Blackburn-Bluebird 'plane, Mrs. Bruce, hopes to reach Tokyo in 15 days. If she succeeds it will be the longest flight ever accomplished by a woman. Mrs. Bruce, who is well known as a racing motorist and traveller, took to flying only six weeks ago. She acquired a pilot's certificate after seven days.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 7
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109ON THE WAY. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 7
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