WOMEN IN THE AIR

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2303, 4 September 1929, Page 7

WOMEN IN THE AIR

FLYING IN AUSTRALIA AIRS TERRY’S AEROPLANE The first Sydney airwoman to own her own aeroplane ia Airs Terry, whose imported machine j reached /Sydney the other day. Enthusiastic motorist and * surlbather, as well a 3 -flier. Airs Terry is of a sfimncsij of physique which might lead one unacquainted with the art' of flying to doubt her'ability ,to liandle the controls of a big machine in the air. Alost of Sydney’s airwomen, as a matter of fact, are of ismall stature, and this, quriously enough, applies, it is said, to most of the world’s fair fliers. The latest of Sydney’s women to emerge .successfully from the course of. flying instruction. Aliss Deaton, is only a slip of a girl. She left college hut a year or two back. The sinallnesu of stature of most of Sydney’s airwoman contrast!* strikingly with the giant proportion of some of its ail'meui. The late Air Neil Stewart, t« 4 one illustration, was a young giant in weight, and in height Flying, t?f /course, is hot a question of avoirdupois ,but question of air sense and flying instinct, cool nerves to meet any emergency, and lightness of touch at tile controls. The fact that no women are taking part in the big crox£-contmerit fligat from Sydney to Perth next month is a little surprising, for in Sydney alone there are several resourceful women fliers easily capable of making the jom-ney, which will bo in such short, stages as to eliminate any tmufsual hazards. Among the starters will be Captain Hugh Grosveiior, A.D.C., to the Governor of South Australia. It was this daring young flier who, in a, flight round Australia narrowly missed finding Aloir and Owen when he went out of his way to search fpr them.