HAZARDOUS FLIGHT
WEATHER FOREGAST AVAILABLE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 18. Referring to the account of Flyingofficer 1). W. Gray’s flight from Wigram to Clarence, _ the Director of Meteorological Services, Dr M. A. F. Barnett, stated to-day that observations made by the pilot would .give the impression that he had received inadequate information on weather forecasts.
“ Flying-officer Gray did not request a forecast, but he had been shown by flying control a forecast made half an hour earlier,” Dr Barnett stated. “ He was told that, on studying this forecast, another pilot had abandoned his flight. Flying-officer Gray must have been aware that both the National Airways Corporation and the Dakota services had been suspended on account of the weather. In view of the fact that it was not considered safe to operate these heavy machines, he should have been aware of the risk he was taking in flying under such conditions in a light plane such as a Tiger Moth.”
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Evening Star, Issue 26030, 19 February 1947, Page 5
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158HAZARDOUS FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 26030, 19 February 1947, Page 5
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