FLIGHT ACROSS TASMAN SEA.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 29 May 1920, Page 7

FLIGHT ACROSS TASMAN SEA.

{ ..vl"re;\[l>'l‘ MAY BE MADE. K» Lieutcnzlnt C. R. Pratt, who left }".\'mv Zealancl with the Main Body and l.s:wc service in Egypt, Palestine, and Eon Gnllipoli, is I'etlu'n‘illg to ‘the _DO- - Lieutenant Pratt, after relceiving his commission, was transferjred to the Royal Air Force and subgsoqucntly appointed to ‘the position of ;instructol', and in that capacity was rl-ospomible for the training of :1 num7bor of New Zealancl airmen. ' I.icuten:lnt Pratt intends bringing several aeroplanes with him‘ for commercial flying, but is at present delayed in Australia, where he is conducting 21 series of flights. He is interesting himself in -fhe sllggest-e,(_}’m"'ht from Australia to New Zealand, «..11d if the conditions are suitable will probably at-tempt to make the pasSago across" the Tasman Sea.