RECORD BROKEN

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19880, 8 May 1936, Page 7

RECORD BROKEN

ENGLAND TO CAPETOWN. MRS AMY MOLLIBON SUCCESSFUL. ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT INTENDED United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. Received May 8, 11 a.m.) CAPETOWN, May 7. Mrs Amy Mollison landed at 3.30 p.m., Greenwich time, beating the record by 11 hours Bmin. Mrs Mollison said the conditions were ghastly over the Sahara. Sometimes she was flying blind. She circled for an hour over a bush fire in Nigeria, killing time, awaiting the dawn. Despite her achievement she was disappointed that\ she did not make faster time, but she was hampered by

inadequate aerodromes, where mishaps were narrowly averted. She is convinced that a three-day service from London to Capetown is commercially feasible when the aerodromes are improved. LONDON, May 7. James Mollison said if his wife had not succeeded lie had planned to attack the Capetown record himself. He disclosed that he and Mrs Mollison were planning the first round-the-world flight, following the equator. He estimated that the Journey would not exceed three weeks. ATTACK ON RETURN REOORD. TO PILOT PASSENGER PLANES. TRIBUTE FROM LIEUTENANT ROSE United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received May 8, 12.45 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 7. Mrs Amy Mollison intends to attack the record on the return trip. She also plans to pilot her own plane from London, carrying passengers to the Johannesburg Exhibition. LONDON, May 7. Lieutenant F. Rose, interviewed, paid a tribute to Mrs Mollison as a gallant young woman. He does not intend to attempt the record again.