Sept, 8
The Director of Civil Aviation, Aix Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, interviewed at Liverpool with reference to the talk of prohibiting trans-ocean flights, said' th 'a flight from east to west had] got to be done: it was impossible to prevent a man from attempting to fly the Atlantic any more than preventing him from attacking] Mount Everest, 'Th this connection, a message from Melbourne says' that the Commonwealth Government has decided on immediate action to prevent unsuitable machines. from attempting long oversea flights. No alreralt except seaplanes, flying-boats and amphibians will be permitted—in future for fights of over fifty miles from coast to coast. The Premier, Mr. Bruce, suid that the Ministry was anxious that en Australian pilot should accomplish the first flight tween Australia and New Zealand utmost technitance to anyone attempting] the flight in an efficients Possible Canadian Legislation, Ottawa, Sept. 8.
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