AVIATION

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 14, 30 December 1931, Page 7

AVIATION

PIONEER WOMAN FLIER OUT FOR FULL CERTIFICATE LADY BAILEY’S PROGRESS. (United Press Association—By CableCopyright.) (Received 30, 8.55 a.m.) London, Dee. 29. Lady Bailey, the first airwoman in Britain to secure tho “blind flying” certificate, is now practising night fly ing at Croydon in order to qualify for the full commercial air pilot’s license enabling her to pilot even the giant airliners on the Continental and Empire air routes. ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN FLIGHT. (Received 30, 9.50 a.m.) London, Dec. 29. Jeffrey Jenkins has left for Australia in a Do Soutter monoplane with a 120 h.p. Gipsy engine, flying in easy stages. FAIREY ’PLANE ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. (Received 30, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, December 29. Careful inspection revealed that only minor damage was suffered by the Fairey long-distance monoplane during the recent forced landing at Saffron Walden. It is now ascertained thet it will be in readiness to attempt to recover the non-stop long distance flight to the Cape in January. EXPERIMENTAL AIR MAIL FLIGHT. (Received 30, 12.30 p.m.) Rugby, December 29. It is expected that tho Australian National Airways’, experimental direct flight to Australia will leave England with mails ou January 6. The Post Office announces that letters will be accepted for the Southern Star’s return flight until January 5.