TO-MORROW’S FLIGHT

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1934, Page 5

TO-MORROW’S FLIGHT

BY N.Z. PILOT Is It Foolhardy ? (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 3. The announcement that Pilot M bite .s to Uy the Codock plane Hum Australia to Neiw Zea-and on batuiday is greeted with some concern m aviation circles. There is a ver. strong feeling among the profess o.ual pilots that the Hight should b. prohibited, owing to the lateness <>. the season and the fact that the machine is a new and un tided 'one and that the plot has never previous l v Hawn the Tasman Sea. It is pointed out that Sir C. Kings, ordSmith said on more than one occm ion that he did not re’ish fly’ng tli Tasman after the end of March. “This seems -one of the occasion when the controllers of civil aviation in ght well step in and prohibit what is unreservedly considered by those who know as a foolhardy a fair,” said a prominent pilot to-day. WHERE WILL HE LANDC AUCKLAND, May 3. The Codock monoplane, wh’ch, if the weather conditions are suitable, will leave Sydney on a trans-Tasmnn flight on Saturday, wili be piloted by Squadron-Leader T. W. White, of Timaru. It iw’ll probably land at Auckland or at New Plymouth. Mr T S. Withers, Organiser of Dominion Airways, Ltd., said that advice as to where the machine would land was being awaited from Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith. If a landing were made at a minor aerodrome the monoplane would probably first circle New Plymouth.