FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19891, 9 March 1928, Page 9

FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC.

PEER'S DAUGHTER GOING.

LONG SECRET PREPARATIONS.

CAPTAIN HINCHCLIFFE PILOT.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received March 8, 5.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, March 8. The story of an Englishwoman's sensational and secret attempt to fly across tho Atlantic from east to west has been disclosed in the Daily Express. The Hon. Elsie Mackay, third daughter of Viscount Inchcape, the shipping magnate, purposes starting at noon to-day from the Cranwell aerodrome in Lincolnshire, with Captain Hinehcliffe as pilot, in a machine named' " Adventure," which was brought especially from America. The plane has a cruising speed of 90 miles an hour. A course will be laid straight for the west coast of Ireland and from there to Newfoundland.

Secret preparations for the flight have been in progress for some months. Extra petrol tanks have been installed in the wings of the machine and more is to be carried in aluminium tins. This will save 2£lb. per four gallon tin. The Hon. Elsie Mackay is short, dark and pretty. She has had a life full of adventure and is an accomplished horsewoman. She was among the first women to obtain a pilot s certificate. Recently she was engaged in designing decorations for her father's liners.