NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12064, 28 May 1920, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND AIRMAN

FLIOHT ACROSS TASMAN SEA. Lieutenant O. R. Pratt who loft New Zealand with thß Main Body and saw service in Egypt, Palestine and on Gallipoli, is returning to the Dominion. Lieutenant Pratt, after receiving hie ,. commission, was transferred to t'be Royal Air Force and subsequently appointed to the position of instructor, and in that capacity was responsible for the training of a number of New Zealand airmen. Lieutenant Pratt intends bringing several aeroplanes with him for commercial flying, but is at, present delayed in Australia, where he is conducting a series of flights. He is interesting himself iri the suggested flight from Australia to New Zealand, and if the conditions are suitable'will probably attempt to maKe the passage across the Tasman Sea.