First Ācross the Pacific

Dear Sir

Reading your excellent article on the Piper Comanche in September-October 2021 mentioned under “Breaking Records” in 1964 Henry Ohye flew a Comanche 250 from LA to Tokyo, becoming the first single-engine crossing of the Pacific. Sorry to say, not so! The first ever single-engine crossing of the Pacific was by the American Ken Walker, who also flew a Comanche 250 from Oakland Airport in California to Brisbane, then south to Newcastle to deliver it to the Royal Newcastle Aero Club at Rutherford. He completed this flight in May 1962, solo. His was the third solo flight across the Pacific from the