FLIGHT TO CAPE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22620, 7 January 1937, Page 10

FLIGHT TO CAPE

ATTEMPT TO LOWER RECORD PLANS OF BRITISH AIRMAN LONDON, Jan. 5 Mr. 11. L. Brook, who was one of the participants in the Melbourne Centenary air race of 1931, will set out from England on Thursday in an attempt to break Mrs. Amy Mollison's record to the Cape and'back, which her husband vainly tried to lower last month. Mr. Brook will use a machine similar to that used by the airwoman on her trip. Mrs. Mollison flew from England to Capetown last May in 3 days I) hours 2(5 minutes, beating the record set up by Flight-Lieutenant T. Hose by 11 hours 9 minutes. She made the return journey in the record time of 4 days 16 hours 17 minutes, at the same time establishing a record for the double trip of 7 days 22 hours 43 minutes. An attempt to make a record flight to Capetown by Mr. H. L. Brook in July, 1935, ended disastrously when bis machine crashed on tho north coast of Egypt. He was not injured, although the aeroplano was wrecked. In March of the same year, when returning to England after competing in the Melbourne Centenary air race, he broke Mr. J. A. Mollison's official solo record and Mr. C. J Melrose's unofficial time from Australia, after a flight of 7 days 19 hours 50 minutes.