Mrs Putman's Record Flight

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 7

Mrs Putman's Record Flight

A Gallon of Petrol in Hand MACHINE TO BE SHIPPED BACK United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. LOND'ON, May 22. Mrs Amelia Putman, the first woman to fly alone across the Atlantic, states she had only a gallon of petrol left when she landed. She expoetod that the machine would be dismantled and shipped to America. Showers of Rain and Compliments ATLANTIC FLYER IN ENGLAND. LONDON, May 22. Mrs Earhart Putnam arrived at Hanworth aerodrome in a heavy downpour. She is being showered with congratulations -and emphatically declares she will not fly the Atlantic again. She shows little trace of fatigue. Mechanic Better Than Mascot MRS. PUTNAM INTERVIEWED LONDON, May 22. Mrs. Earhart Putnam, when interviewed on her Atlantic flight in the evening, woro a tango-coloured frock, borrowed from the American Ambassador, Mr. Mellon’s daughter. Mrs. Putnam said that her first task was to visit West End stores. * She was not returning to Ireland, but “I should hato to leave • / dear aeroplane,”, she said. She expected to have it brought to England, where she would bo flying before returning to tho United States. After her husband telephoned sho said she was remaining in Europe till 10th June. Sho would make tho flight again, if it would mean any sort of advance, not merely for the sake of doing it. She declined to comment on the feasibility of Mr. Mollison’s plans for a flight across the Atlantic, there and back. She did not believe in mascots, and pinned her faith to a real good mechanic. Another Broken Record

Received Monday, 9.30 p.m. - PARIS, May 23. The International Aeronautical Federation announces that Mrs. EarhaTt Putnam’s 2206 mile trans-Atlantic flight breaks the women’s record straight line flight. Mollison and Amy Down COULD SEE ONLY A FEW LENGTHS AHEAD. LONDON, May 22. Mollison and Amy Johnson, when flying in bad weather from Stag Lane to Scotland, to see Mollison’s parents, were forced to land in a field near Ferry Hill. A Durham newspaper van driver recognised them and took them to Newcastle. Mollison says it is only the fourth time in nine years that he has not finished a flight. He could see only a few lengths ahead. Both fliers sent their congratulations to Mrs Putman on her record Atlantic crossing. Fatal Mishap to Press Plane PILOT AND PHOTOGRAPHER KILLED. LONDON, May 22. While flying from Londonderry to London with pictures of Mrs Putnam’s arrival, a monoplane piloted by Major Irwin Napier Clarke and carrying as a passenger Victor Barton, Daily Sketcli photographer, crashed near the coast at Stranraer, Wigtownshire, and both were killed.