“Smithy” and His Plane

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 222, 22 September 1934, Page 5

“Smithy” and His Plane

NON-ARRIVAL OF CERTIFICATE OF AIRWORTHINESS.

MELBOURNE, Sept. 21

Tho certificate of airworthiness not having arrived for “Smithy’s” racing monoplane, “Smithy” has received a hint from tho Civil Aviation headquarters that delicate international complications may arise if no persists in leaving Australia for England next Tuesday, as he intends doing, prior to its arrival.

It has been made clear to him that he is liable to restraint and his machine to detention by any country which is a signatory to the International Convention of Air Navigation.

Granting- of Permits for FlyingOver Turkey CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20. Subject to complianco with certain conditions, permission to fly over Turkey will doubtless be freely granted to air race competitors, except, me airmen who have previously transgressed Turkish regulations. Presumably Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. J. A. Mollison will give Turkey a wide berth, as they have been forbidden to fly over it, after former landings and non-com-.pliancc with regulations. “ Smithy ” Appeals to Kemal SYDNEY, Sept. 21. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has sent a cable to 'Mustupha Kemal Pasha, seeking permission to fly over Turkey and apologising for any previous transgression.