FLYING THE TASMAN
AIRWOMAN REFUSES OFFER. SOUTH AFRICAN TRIP. The Auckland airwoman, Mrs. Gladys Sand-ford, has refused the offer of an Australian syndicate to finance her on a solo flight across the Tasman. Mrs. Sandford returned to Auckland last evening by the Marania, after spending the last 15 months in Australia. “I was sorry I had to turn the flight down,” she said, “but I was not feeling at all fit, and the doctors would not give me permission to undertake the journey.” The syndicate offered to finance her
and provide a plane. Mrs. Sandford said that she will undertake some flying “stunt” before long, but she was not prepared to say what it would be. She has been offered a private flying appointment in South Africa, and will / leave shortly to take it up. There is a possibility that she will fly from the Cape to Cairo. Mrs. Sandford and her companion, Miss Stella Christie, made a hazardous trip by motor from Sydney to Darwin, about, two years ago.
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Shannon News, 14 June 1929, Page 3
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170FLYING THE TASMAN Shannon News, 14 June 1929, Page 3
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