Flew Solo in a Day
UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT BY AERO CLUB PILOT To the Manawatu Aero Club falls the distinction of having trained a pupil to fly solo in a single day. As far as is known this has not been achieved in the Dominion before and probably is a unique performance for Australasia. The task of giving the instruction was in the capable hands of Flying Officer G. M. Firth, instructor to the Manawatu Aero Club, and the pupil was Putt Mossman, speedway champion. A start was made at d'aybreak yesterday in the club's Moth machine, four hours being devoted to successive flights of from AO minutes to half an hour. During the course of) these Mossman learned tho rudiments of the game. Then a spell was called for about three hours and then Mossman again went ‘' dual, ”making six perfect landings in succession. He then went solo and made a good landing but was unfortunate in touching the fence with a wing-tip while taxi-ing in, causing minor damage. It speaks well for the competence of the instruction that the Aero Club has available when an achievement like this can be record.d.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 43, 21 February 1936, Page 6
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