AIRWAYS OF THE EMPIRE: FLYING “THE TASMAN SEA This work the Tasman Spa was crossed in the air in 14hrs, 23mins. In centre, Faith in Australia, the giant monoplane (the largest flying machine in that country), in which Mr. C. T. P. Ulm and party made the fourtlh successful crossing of the Tasman Sea by air, and landed at Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth. Left. Mr. Ulm, chief pilot and organiser of the flight, Right, Mrs. Ulm: she and Miss Rogers share the honour of being the first women to cross the Tasman Sea by air. Insert: Mr. G. V. "Scotty” Allen (navigator and radio operator) who also accompanied Mr Ulm in his flight in the same plane, from England to Australia in just over six days.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 14
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127AIRWAYS OF THE EMPIRE: FLYING “THE TASMAN SEA This work the Tasman Spa was crossed in the air in 14hrs, 23mins. In centre, Faith in Australia, the giant monoplane (the largest flying machine in that country), in which Mr. C. T. P. Ulm and party made the fourtlh successful crossing of the Tasman Sea by air, and landed at Bell Block Aerodrome, New Plymouth. Left. Mr. Ulm, chief pilot and organiser of the flight, Right, Mrs. Ulm: she and Miss Rogers share the honour of being the first women to cross the Tasman Sea by air. Insert: Mr. G. V. "Scotty” Allen (navigator and radio operator) who also accompanied Mr Ulm in his flight in the same plane, from England to Australia in just over six days. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19668, 9 December 1933, Page 14
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