PRECAUTIONS URGED
LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS BRITISH OFFICIAL VIEWS LONDON. Jan. 13 After the tragic fate of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and his companion, Mr. T. Pethybridge, Air-Commodore Sidney Smith, officer commanding the Royal Air Force in the Far East, communicated strong views to the Air Ministry concerning tho control of long-distance flights. The official opinion is that little can be done beyond the existing permits to fly over foreign countries. The suggestion that pilots should rigidly adhere to their announced routes is good in theory but impractical because climatic conditions and mechanical defects often make changes of route lfccessary.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22317, 15 January 1936, Page 11
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