Seventeenth Crossing

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 250, 23 October 1935, Page 9

Seventeenth Crossing

THREE SOLO PLIGHTS

FEATS OF SEVEN YEARS

Tho Tasman Sea has now been crossed 17 times by air—lo times from Australia to New New Zealand and seven times the other way. Tho only pilots to make the double journey wero Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, in tho Southern Cross and the late Plight-Lieuten-ant C. T. P. Ulum—Sir Charles’ copilot in the pioneer flight—in the Faith in Australia.

The following is tli'c list of flights:— To New Zealand. Time 192S —Sir Charles Kingstord Smith Till 25m 1931—Mr Guy Menzies 12h 12m 1933—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith 14h 10m 1933 Flight-Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm 14h 23m 1934 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith .. 15h 25m 1934—Flight-Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm 16h 38m 1934—Fiight.-Uicut. C. T. P. Ulm 15h 26m 1934—Squadron-Leader J. D. Hewett and Flying-Officer C. E. Kay 12h 14m 1934 Mr K. G. Whitehead and Mr E. R. Nicholl 14h 40m 1935 Mr W. M. O’Hara .. .. 12h 47m To Australia. 1923—Sir Charles Kingsford Smith 22h 51m 1931—Mr F. C. Chichester .. 1933 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith 13h 9ni 1934 Flight-Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm 14h lOn: 1934—Sir Charles Kingsford

Smith 13h 2oir. 1934—Flight-Lieut, C. T. P. Ulm llh sSnj 1934—Flight-Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm 15h 35m