PROPOSED TASMAN FLIGHT
A. ' PROJECT DROPPED
■' Press Association —Copyright.’ : ' , ' SYDNEY, February. 3. Mr Jolley announced that he had divided to go no further with the proposed flight across the Tasman, stating that the Government and departmental opposition and interference had forced him to this decision. In a letter to Colonel Brinsmead, Director of Civil Aviation, Mr Jolley stated that, although the money was . in-hand to complete the purchase 'of the’ monoplane at present ifl bond i at Sydney, the position had become intolerable as the result of tfle at- . titnde of the Government and Colonel , Brinsmead's department. It ' had been decided to return the money to the subscribers rather than ask them to .risk ,a big expenditure in face of the official threats to prevent the flight at all costsi.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 82, 4 February 1928, Page 5
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