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1928 First solo light plane flight from Cape Town to England Lady Heath in an Avro Avian III Reached Cape Town (by sea) December 6, 1927 She also enlisted the help of Dick Bentley to fly over the Sudan. Left Pretoria on February 25, reached Croydon May 17. The aeroplane was later sold to Amelia Earhart, and taken to America. |