MAJOR DE HAVILLAND REPLIES TO BAILEY
RISKS OF FLIGHT DECLINES RECOMMENDATION ) (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, To-day. Mr. Philip Bailey, of Hamilton, who expressed his willingness to undertake the trans-Tasman flight on a D.H.9 machine, if one is available, and wrote to Major De Havilland, of Melbourne, to that effect, has received a cabled rely to-day in which the latter states ho cannot recommend that type of biplane for the project. Major Do Havilland is writing to Mr. Bailey concerning the proposal. The cable reads: “Letter just received. Regret cannot recommend D.H9 machine owing to excessive risk of Tasman flight with any single-engine machine. Thanks for inquiry. Writing.—Major De Havilland.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 260, 24 January 1928, Page 16
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