FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA

Evening Star, Issue 20410, 15 February 1930, Page 22

FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA

PABKERSON'S ENTERPRISE A RETIRED BUSINESS MAH Prr(* A»».--ciation—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 14. (Received February 15, at 10.35 a.m.) ‘‘There is nothing like flying,” said Mr C. P, Parkerson, when interviewed. .He,is an elderly retired business man. Ho said ho was always interested in flying, but he had to wait until the end of llis business days before taking it- up seriously. Ho found it difficult at first, but afterwards it, had been easy;'. He .had not been more than forty hours: in the > air, and had flown only in England. He bought the Moth iu which he intended flying to Australia as the easiest: way- of getting there He hoped to change the ordinary route by making a short-cut over Turkey, but it was difficult to obtain Hying permits for that country. His route would probably "be Lynipno, Turin, Pisa, Rome, Naples, Brindisi, Athens, Konia, Ale,upo, Basra, Jask, Karachi, Allahabad, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Reo (in Flores island), and Darwin. ‘V If the weather is good I will go all out. My machine is not fitted with slotted wings, which are all right for a novice) but are unnecessary for old hands,” he said.

MR PARKERSON'S CAREER [Per United Press Association.] ; AUCKLAND, February 15. Mr Charles Purnell Parkerson was bon. in Canterbury fifty years ago, -and left for England in March last on business connected with the flax industry. ' Eor, many years he .was a pro* minent business man at Rotorua. Afterwards he was employed by Booth and Macdonald at Hamilton, He also travelled for that firm in the North Auckland district. Some years ago ho was a prominent bicycle rider and pigeon shot.

Mr Parkerson’-s interest in flying dates back a few years, when he was taken up for a flight from Wigram aeiodrome at When in England on his present trip he started to fly in Norfolk, and on Christmas Dav last ho gained, his flying certificate. He is married, without a family. His wife is at present living with her mother at Hikutaia, in the Thames district, His brother (Mr R. L. Parkerson) lives at 11 Dean ,street, Auckland.