AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 17 March 1932, Page 5

AVIATION

WOMEN PILOTS

A DANGER TO AIRMEN

[United Ptgsb Association —By Electrie Telegraph.—Copyright.)

LONDON, March 16.

An attack on women pilot s was a feature of the discussion on the Air Estimates in the House of Commons. A young bachelor, Mr W. R. D, Perkins (Conservative, Gloucester, Stroud) opposed the grants to flying clubs.

He said that ilt is common .knowledge to every air pilot that, with certain exceptions, women in the air are notoriously dangerous- Personally he would rather find himself flying in formation with a winged dragon than with a 'woman pilot. 'He proceeded to argue that as women’s services cannot be utilised in- war time, owing to the international conventions, it was a waste of public money to teach them to fly-

TO ATTACK BUTLER’S RECORD

SCOTT’S FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

LONDON, March 15

The airman, Scott, seta out at the week-end to win back the light aeroplane record from Britain to Australia. H-is famous Gypsy Moth takes off from ILympne for Darwin on Sunday. He says; “I am going to make a big difference ,to . the record this time, if 1 have any luck. If the weather conditions are good, the first two thousand miles will afford a really good chance of knocking off a fair lump. '■Scott’s associates hint that he is aiming at lowering Butler’s record by a day. Scott probably will also try to regain the record for the return uight, wlhich Mollison holds.