YOUNG AVIATRIX
Lady Mary Vane-Tempest-Stcwartf, daughter of Lord Londonderry, Minister for Air, who is only .12, is able to take control of an aeroplane, but until she is 17 sihe will not he allowed to hold a pilot s certificate. Her instructor is Captain V. H. Baker, who taught Lord Londonderry and another daughter. Lady Alargaret, to fly. " Lady Mary is a born flyer," lie said, " and handles an aeroplane like an old stager. Naturally, we go up together in a dual-control machine, but I do nothing except sit still and enjoy myself. " Sho takes off and lands," he added, " and is never so happy as when she is sending He machine over in a loop or nose down in a spin toward the ground. Stunting, she says, is like riding a bucking broncho."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21742, 6 March 1934, Page 3
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