THE NINETEENTH CROSSING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 10

THE NINETEENTH CROSSING

NOTABLE FLIGHTS OVER TASMAN ♦ MISS BATTEN HOLDS RECORD Mr Clark’s crossing of the Tasman is the nineteenth made by air. Although one of the most notable, his flight was not the fastest. His time was 12 hours 51 minutes, and the record for the journey is 9 hours 29 minutes, established by Miss Jean Batten from Sydney to Auckland, last month. Me Clark said before beginning his flight that he was not out to break records, but simply to fly home as quickly as his machine would normally go, and as the weather permitted. His flight is the twelfth from Australia, the first of which was the famous flight of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith from Sydney to Christchurch in 1928. The following is a list of the flights made across the Tasman:— To New Zealand Time. 1928 —Kingsford Smith ~ Hhr 25min 1931—Guy Menzies .. 1933 —Kingsford Smith ~ 14hr lOmin 1933 — C. T. P. Ulm .. 14hr 23min 1934 Kingsford Smith •.. 15hr 25min 1934—C. T. P. Ulm .. 16hr 38min 1 1934—C, T, P.. Ulm .. 15hr 26min 1934 J. D. Hewett and C. E. Kay .. 12hr 14min 1934 R. G. Whitehead and E. R. Nicholl 14hr 40min 1935 W. M. O’Hara .. 12hr 47min 1936 Miss Jean Batten .. 9hr 29min 1936—L. E. Clark ... 12hr.51min To Australia • 1928—Kingsford Smith ~ 22hr 51min 1931—P. C. Chichester 1933 Kingsford Smith 13hr 9min 1934 C. T. P. Ulm .. Hhr iOmin ■l934—Kingsford Smith .. 13hr 25min 1934—C. T. P. Ulm .. Hhr 58min 1934-& & S Ulm Ju 15hr 35mm H