LONE FLIGHT TO TOKIO
WOMEN’S AMBITIOUS ATTEMPT. PROGRESS OF MRS. VICTOR BRUCE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, September 25, Mrs. Victor Bluce left Heston aerodrome this morning on a solo flight in a Blackburn Bluebird to Tokio. , She expects to reach Budapest or Vienna tonight. She hopes to reach Tokio in 15 days? If she succeeds it will be the longest flight ever accomplished by a woman.
Mrs. Bruce, who is well-known as a racing motorist and traveller, took to flying only six weeks ago. She acquired a pilot’s certificate after seven days’ tuition.
A later message says Mrs. Bruce had arrived at Munich.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1930, Page 7
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