AMY JOHNSON

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1931, Page 3

AMY JOHNSON

THE FLIGHT UNOFFICIAL. I United Press' Association—'By Electn Telegraph’.—Copyright.]' LONDON, Jan. S It is authoritively denied that M iss Amy Johiisofi is on an official mission. She wap herself nonplussed when a direct question on the point was ,put- to her at Liege. She said: “I am doing the tight absolutely on my own, and .in nowise is it an official or secret mission.” : Messages from Cologne reveal that she had: a terrible flight from Liege. ~ IjThe weather was so had that' even a j Lufthansa- air liner turned bach. BERLIN WELCOME, BERLIN, Jah. 3. Miss Jofison arrived here at 3.34. The British National Anthem and cheers greeted Miss Aniy Jonhson' on her arrival after nightfall. She explained that bad. weather drifted her from her course, necessitating a descent a.t Liiebz, owing to loss of her bearings. A cottager in whose field she alighted, though startled, gave every assistance. She followed the railway line. The aviatrix continues her flight to Warsaw at 9 a .hi’, on Sunday. RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE. BERLIN. Jan. 3. The Moscow Aviation Chemical' Society is fully facilitating her flight at the 'Smolensk and Moscow Aerodromes, ensuring her of a. safe landing. Experts will advise her at all points and heating apparatus will be installed in her aeroplane, if necessary. FLIGHT IS RECKLESS! LONDON, Jan. 3. The British Press correspondent at Mctseow says;—“ M. Kirilov, the Soviet Air Chief, doserijjes Miss Johnson’s flight ns ' being r°clMess and thoughtless, and he intends telling Miss Johnson of the tremendous difficulties that are ahead of her, and of the need for special heating apparatus to prevent the engine from freezing.' also that landing skis are particularly dangerous. On the contrary,. General Nobile’s rescuer, Chukhnovsky, is of the opin-

ion that the transit of Sibera will no. be particularly dangerous, except. 6. . the eastern wastes, where jagged ici may .be met. EFFECTIVE COURT DEFENCE. LONDON, Jan. 3. Tlie myst'rv of Aliss Johnson Government work, mentioned durin her motoring -case, has been elearei up. It appears That s she left her ea. unattended while she had a chut wit! the Secretary of the Empire Market ing Board about trade prospects 11 Australia and defence. She pleaded at the hearing that she was detained bv a Government official with whom she was engaged on Government business. Then the case was dismissed. LONDON, Jan. 3. Amy Johnson’s father discloses that she has parsed with flying colours the examination for a commercial license, the hardest test an aviator cap undergo, necessitating' certification by six doctors. There was nothing secret, lie safd. She was not in any Government ’business about her fight to Pekin.