Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-20 | Page 29 | Flying Admiral Says Man Still Supreme in Air

Flying Admiral Says Man Still Supreme in Air II S I l I i il 1 a toe I f tJ t. t I J 4 1 1 r d 0 f tJ A ADMIRAL ADMIRAL R. R RAY rill t I 9 I I De NEW ORLEANS NS La De AP-De- spite the achievements of Amelia Earhart Thea Rasche Ruth Elder Mabel Boll and other women fliers their sex has not yet 1 mans man's supremacy in the field of aviation in the opinion of Admiral J J. A. A Baby commandant of the Eighth naval na distri tat Pensacola Fin Just what women will mean In future aviation however I cant can't say Admiral Raby qualifIed f agrees that It takes as much c. c ur c-ur- urage ur- ur age for a Woman to essay a trans trans- oc anic flight as it does for a man mall malland and characterized Miss liss Earhart's venture as a wonderful achievement achieve achieve- ment The naval commandant groomed his former pilot E E. S. S Rhoads to accompany Albert Cushing Read In Inthe the seaplane NC 4 In the first flight across the Atlantic from Rockaway N. N Y to Plymouth England via the Azores in May 1919 Admiral Raby a the only flying admiral in the navy flies his own own pane the N A A. A S. S Pensacola on inspection tours of the district under his jurisdiction I