NO FLYING UNDER SYDNEY BRIDGE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4486, 2 August 1930, Page 1

NO FLYING UNDER SYDNEY BRIDGE.

WARNING TO YEN TC R ESOAIE AIRMEN. Only aerial pilots who wish to commit suicide are likely to tlv HU" del' the Sydney Harbour Bridge until it is coin pic ted. Why they should desire to fly under it then is difficult to understand in view ol the fact that the feat would involve a certain amount of unnecessary risk, says a correspondent, hut they ure hardly likely to attempt it now, for Air. Ennis, who is in charge of the construction of the bridge, has issued a warning.

An airman recently caused a fluster on (lie bridge and possibly endangered the lives of the men working at the greatest heights, who require all Iheir attention for their work and safety. The airman flew under one of (lie ends of (he arch and very close to it. Mr. Ennis now points out that as the ends are rapidly approaching each other any attempt to tlv between them will be hazardous and that to tlv under the bridge will be even more so. There are ropes and wires and various other contraptions hanging below the bridge, these being part of Ihe gear used by the men in moving about the structure. Were an airman to become entangled in these he would encounter disaster, and lie might cause Iho death of some of the workmen.

It is thought to be strange that any such warning should be needed in a city where the people credited with the possession of ordinary intelligence, hut the bridge builders say that there is ample evidence. Aviators who desire excitement have -tallied of their intentions.