UNDER SYDNEY BRIDGE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 81, 14 March 1931, Page 2

UNDER SYDNEY BRIDGE

AIRMAN'S ESCAPADE FLIGHT BENEATH ROADWAY Two aircraft flew under the roadway of the Sydney Harbour Bridge recently. It was the first time the feat had been attempted. One of the machines, a Moth seaplane, was pnoied by Captain P. G. Taylor, and the other, a Gipsy Moth, by Mr. lI.A. Annabel. " ! '''.'■ Captain V. W. Burgess, district superintendent of the Civil Aviation. Department, said that there was nothing in the air navigation regulations to prevent pilots from flying under the bridge. The regulations required that they should fly at such. a height above towns or „ cities as would preclude any danger.to life, or property in tHe event of engine trouble being experienced. If a complaint was made .to the authorities, ihe matter would be investigated, arid if it was thought advisable the Minister of Defence could issue regulations to meet this particular case. IE pi lots made a habit of flying under the bridge, no woubt complaints would be made against such a practice. "I hardly think that this .1b likely," Captain Burgess added. "The desire to be the first to fly under the bridge was probably what prompted this exploit' Merely to fly under -the bridge would hardly attract pilots. It requires no particular skill. . A pilot who could not easily do it should not be flying."