NEW ZEALAND PILOT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20646, 19 August 1930, Page 11

NEW ZEALAND PILOT.

MISS CLIFFORD'S PLAN. FLIGHT TO THE DOMINION. (Received August IS, 9.35 p.m.) liONDON", August IS. Colonel John Josselyn, managing director of Iho . Cierva Autogiro Company, Limited, states that Miss Aroha Clifford, of Christchurch, New Zealand, has gone to Europe to examine an autogiro.. She intends to attempt to fly to New Zealand in one of these machines if it proves to bo suitable.

A message from Christchurch on June 6 stated: Hopes of making a solo aeroplane flight from England to Australia and back to England are held by Miss Aroha Clifford, of Christchurch, but everything is dependent upon the consent of her father, Mr. W. L. Clifford. So fur, although enthusiastic about Miss Clifford's flights in Iho Dominion, ho has proved adamant when approached by his daughter and her friends with the suggestion that she should attempt the EnglandAustralia flight. Speaking of her ambition to-day, Miss Clifford said sho was under no illusions as to tho difficulties of the trip. On July 19 sho was to leavo Wellington by tho Rangitano for England. ' On her arrival sho would immediately endeavour to obtain a ground engineer's ticket and gain admission to one of the big aeroplane works. In Britain Miss Clifford intended doing a good deal of flying and eventually perhaps sho would be able to obtain permission for the bit; flight. Of the seven lady pilots in the Dominion Miss Clifford has easily the greatest experience. She has crossed Cook Strait on eight occasions and has flown to Auckland, to Hastings, Hawera and Feilding, and from Dunedin to Christchurch. Her record is 120 hours solo flying.