AIRWOMAN'S MISSION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20968, 3 September 1931, Page 9

AIRWOMAN'S MISSION.

WAKING UP AUSTRALIA.

VALUE OF AIR SERVICES.

LONDON, Sept'. 1

Mrs. H. B. Hewlett, a pioneer airwoman, who before tho war taught flying to her son, Group-Captain F. E. T. Hewlett, now in command of the Royal Air Force base at Fife, intends to fly from London to Batavia, and will start tomorrow. Sho will then sail to Sydney and New Zealand.

"I want to wake up Australians and New ZealanScrs to the importance of speedy communication with Europe," said Mrs. Hewlett, "and I consider the best way to do so is by practical example. It is heartbreaking that I cannot fly the extra 500 miles from Sourabaya to Darwin. I have moved heaven and earth to do so, but I was told it was impossible. "Australians ought to realise that Europe is knocking at the door. I hope to be able to convince Australians of the urgency of linking with the Dutch airways."

Mrs. 'Hewlett is the widow of Mr. Maurice Hewlett, the novelist. She was tho first woman in Britain to gain her certificate under tho Royal Aero Club's international rules. Mrs. Hewlett came to New Zealand in January, 1928, with the intention of sottling here, and was at Tauranga for some time. Discussing women as aviators, Mrs. Hewlett said women had some very special aptitudes for flying. "They have a very delicate sense of touch, keener than that of men in many cases, and they havo an extraordinary intuition of what one might call the 'moods' of the machine. When they really go in for aviation thoroughly they are tremendously keen and havo a very fine courago."

LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT.

ROUND AUSTRALIA.

PROGRESS OF AIRMAN.

(Received September 2. 10.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. Sept. 2,

Mr. IL Broadbcnt, who is flying round Australia, lias arrived at Darwin. He will leave there to-night on a nonstop flight to Wyndham.

The itinerary mapped out by Mr. Broadbcnt for his previous interrupted flight was as'follows:—Darwin to Wyndham (300 miles), Broomo (460), Onslow (570), Geraldton, Perth (250), Kalgoorlie (360), Forrest (410), Ceduna (380), Adelaide (360), Melbourne (435), Sydney (500).

GERMANY TO CHICAGO.

AIRMAN COMPLETES FLIGHT.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1

A message from Chicago says Captain Wolfang von GronaU completed a flight from Germany to Chicago at 6.10 p.m. today, when he arrived from Longlac, Ontario, 600 miles away.

FLIGHT TO PERNAMBUCO.

GRAF ZEPPELIN ARRIVES.

PERNAMBUCO, Sept. 1

The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Pernambuco at 6 p.m. to-day, after ( a non-stop flight from Friedrichshafen, which she left on August 30.