DEMOCRACY FLIES.
A week’s job at fixing the tiles at the housing estate adjoining Feltham aerodrome gave Frederick Lee the urge to go above the rooftops. Lee took his foreman and two bricklayer friends zooming. Week-ends at Feltham Air Park demonstrate the democracy of flying. More than 1700 bus drivers are paying sixpence a week to enjoy Air Club facilities. One became a pilot at a cost of £9. Ati instructor at Feltham says there has been a record number of joy rides this year. A messenger bov saved for months for a five-shilling, flight. J. A. McMullen, aged 70, Britain’s oldest pilot, intends shortly to buy a new autogyro.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 14 May 1934, Page 10
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