FIRST FLIGHT AT NINETY
WOMAN'S TRIP FROM AUCKLAND TO WELLINGTON
(VSBBS ASSOCIATION TXTJEQBAM.) AUCKLAND, January 25. An Auckland nonagenarian, Mrs W. Bell, of Epsom, made her first flight in an aeroplane to-day as a passenger by Union Airways to Wellington. She enjoys good health and travels frequently, visiting relatives.
She decided to visit her son in Wellington and came to the conclusion that flying was the quickest and most comfortable form of transport. She has lived in Auckland for seventyfive years, her husband having served in the Maori Wars.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22310, 26 January 1938, Page 15
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