GIRL'S ADVENTURE
(Press Assn.—
ATTEMPT TO BREAK RECORD AS CURE FOR BOREDOM FAST PUSS MOTH USED
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Rec. Oct. 31, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, Friday. "Cheerio, I will be back soon," said. Miss Peggy Salaman, a pretty fairhaired 19-year-old debutante, as she climbed into the Puss Moth "Good Hope" at Lympne at 11 p.m. attempting a record flight of 6^ days to Capetown. Despite the bitterly cold weather, she was only wearing a suede pull-over and flannel trousers. Mr. Gordon Store, assistant instructor of the London Aero Club, who is accompanying her as navigator and second pilot, jumped in as the plane rose and slowly disappeared in the darkness. Miss Salaman is tired of living in luxury, she said, and is going to have a great adventure. She has great faith in the Good Hope which won Lord Walcefield's prize in the King's Race for the fastest time for any machine. It is fitted with a metal propellor to enable it to attain a speed of 131 miles per hour. The flyers intend flying 15 consecutive hours, Mr. Store sometimes taking over the controls. They have two revolvers and an alarm cloek and chewing gum to stop leakages in the petrol tank, also sun helmets and shorts.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 November 1931, Page 3
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