London, Jan, 15.
The noted aviatrix, left Croydon at 2.40 this morning in an attempt to beat the record recent ly established by Mrs. J. A. Mollison (Amy Johnson) for'a' flight from England to Captown.
Lady, Bailes, who is the wife of multi-millionaire South African and magnate, Sir Abe Bailey, the first woman to fly the Trish Sea alone. Soon after she learnt to fy in' 1926, she eclipsed the rorid's altitude record for light planes.
Tu 1928 Lady Bailey flew from' England to the Cape, taking 21 days for the flight. She' was made a Dame of the British Empire in
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