Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Nov. 16, 1960 - Wife Learns to Fly Aircraft on 7, 000 Mile Trip.. Captain Michael Somerton-Rayner of the Army Air Corps and his wife INA landed at Middle Wallop, Hants yesterday - at the end of a 7, 000 mile flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaya - in their 17 year old Auster aircraft - purchased for ?500 in Malaya. They left Malaya on Oct. 1. and made 34 landings in India - Egypt - Libya and Jordan and during the journey - Captain Rayner taught his wife to fly and navigate the aircraft. Captain Somerton-Rayner is to be a flying instructor with the Army Air Corps. Keystone Photo Shows: The Somerton-Rayners leave their machine at the end of their 7, 000 mile flight from Malaya - yesterday
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