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THE HARTFORD TIMES, SATURDAY, MA 24, 1941
Chinese Find American Planes Far Superior to Jap Ships, Says Aviatrix Lee Ya Ching
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Woman Pilot Visits City in Behalf of United China Relief
"The Chinese pilots are good, very good, and in a dog fight are much superior to the Japanese," Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese aviatrix said today.
Pausing at Brainard Field long enough to remark upon the present Sino-Japanese war, Miss [[Ch?]]ing said Chinese strategy in [[air?]]plane combat is to force single [[?]]p duels.
"We don't think much of the Japanese pilot. Of course, in for[ma]tion and precision flying, he is [[?]]d. But once we get him in a [[posi]]tion where he is unable to [[?]]ate directly on orders, and [[?]] weaknesses become evident." [[Mi]]ss Ching, first woman pilot to be licensed in China, [[?]] yesterday, replete with [[?]]hes in Hartford on behalf of [[U]]nited China Relief. Her ad[[dres]]s here yesterday -- she left [[? D]]ayton, Ohio, today -- included [[?]]ch on China and the war at [[?]]vitan Club at noon at the [[?]] following a talk over the [[?]] address system at the [[Chines?]]e pagoda, Pearl and Main [[?]]
{{She a?]]ttended a tea at the home [[of Mr.?]] and Mrs. John H. Thomp[[son of?]] Spring Rd., Farmington, [[?a]]fternoon, and last night [[? fol]]lowing a buffet super at [[Town?]] and County Club, [[?]] St.
[[Chi]]nese are using Ameri[[can ?]], Miss Ching said, which [[?]] far superior to those [[?]]red and flown by the [[?]]
[[?]] normally outnumb[[er ?]] fight at least five to [[?]] fighting ships of Nip[[? Ch]]inese seldom fail to [[?]]er loses upon the [[?]]an they suffer them[[?]] aid.
[[?]] to China still flows [[ ? Mo]]ngolian steppes, she [[?]] its quantity is a [[?]]t. Still she added, [[?]] than we receive [[/ coun?]]ntries."
[[?]] Soviet-Japanese [[?]]pact has not mater[[?]] this aid, and Miss [[?]] reason why it [[?]]
[[?]]ud of the Chinese [[?]]tem of spotting [[?]]s.
[[?]]rned almost the [[?]]ke off from their [[?]]tters along the [[?]]ant track of their [[?]] said. How was [[?]]nitive China, with [[?]] wires and prac[[tically no?]] communication? [[?]] repeated that it [[?]]ne effectively.
[[?]] first warnings
Wings
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Miss Lee Ya Ching, Chinese girl flier who spoke in Hartford yesterday, is greeted at the Municipal Airport by Miss Alice Mah.
of an intended Japanese air raid on Chungking, China's capital, are received in that city, a warning signal, consisting of a single ball on a flagpole, is raised. As the raiders close in on the city, a second and finally a third sphere are raised, sending the populace into impenetrable rock shelters.
Miss Ching originally learned to fly in Switzerland while still a girl in her 'teens. For the past three years she has been in Amer-
Flying Cadet Tells of Thrill In "Rat Race' Above the Clouds
Probably the greatest thr[[ill?]]
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ica aiding China by raising money here. Although she came to Hartford yesterday in a commercial flight from Boston, she often flies her own ship, a red monoplane, a familiar sight on major American airports.
Optimistically, [[?]]sed with "This war started as a three months' adventure for the Japanese. It has now been going on for four years and China is now better organized than ever."
Chinese Woman Flyer Gives Talk On Homeland Here
Lee Ya Ching Visits City in Interest of Current Relief Drive
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Lee Ya Ching, famous Chinese aviator and the first woman to obtain a pilot's license in China, told of her experiences in her country before members of the Town and County Club Friday night.
Miss Lee appeared here in the interest of the United China Relief Fund campaign being conducted in Hartford and all other cities of the country.
Introduced by Harold C. Jaquith, provost of Trinity College, Miss Lee told how she learned to fly at the Boeing school in California; how on one occasion while practicing a barrel roll, her safety belt came off and she felt herself falling in mid-air with her shoes coming along behind her. Landing in the sea with a heavy flying suit and almost unable to swim, Miss Lee managed to stay afloat for 25 minutes until an amphibian plane picked her up.
Speaking about flying in China, Miss Lee said that it was much more difficult than here since there are almost no flying fields in China, very few mechanics, no weather re-
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Woman Flyer Here For Chinese Relief
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ports of any kind, and very poor maps. Completing her course in California she returned to China and fascinated millions of her countrymen by her stunt flying.
Asked about the equality of women with men in China, Miss Lee related the story of China's most "hen-pecked" city, the mayor of which once set up two flags, one read, the other green. All the hen-pecked husbands were asked to go to the red flag and all went but one small man who had the reputation of being the most hen-pecked of all. Asked by the mayor why he did not go to the red flag, he said, "This morning my wife told me never to go where there were crowds!"
Miss Lee explained that she had flown over 30,000 miles in the United States and had visited 45 states. She was preparing to take her plane, "The Spirit of New China" for a [[to]]ur of South American when war [[c]]omplications made this impossible. [[S]]he likes American planes and says that in her opinion, America leads the world in aviation.
The reason China will win the war, according to Miss Lee, is the extraordinary spiritual unity of her people.
Commenting on American aid, Miss Lee said that 51 per cent of China's leaders were educated with American aid either in mission schools and colleges in China or graduates of American colleges. She cited as a noted example Madame Chiang Kai Check who went to Wellesley College.
"American aid to China has been of incalculable help" said Miss Lee "and our people are most grateful."
At 2 p. m. today Miss Lee will be interviewed over Station WNBC. She will return to New York later in the afternoon. On her second visit to Hartford, Miss Lee thinks it is a "beautiful city."
"I particularly liked your pagoda on Main Street and the way the people of Hartford are helping the local committee for China Relief. If every city is as enthusiastic about China, I am sure we will have no difficulty making the national quota of $5,000,000," she said.
In addition to Miss Lee's talk, the local committee on China Relief has planned the following radio talks on China for today. From 9:55 to 10 a. m. Dr. Jaquith will talk over station WDRC. He will also talk over WTHT from 11:15 to 11:30 a. m. Harriet Chue, Chinese student at the Hartford Seminary from Canton will talk over WTHT from 2:00 to 2:15 p. m. Dr. Lewis Hodous of the Hartford Seminary faculty, will talk on China's Soong family over WTHT from 7:00 to 7:15 p. m. this evening.
Friday's receipts at the pagoda amounted to the record total of $183,000. It is hoped that today's heavy downtown crowds will contribute generously since the pagoda will be dismantled at nightfall.
China Has Battled For Her Life For Four Years -- Give To China Reli[[ef]]
The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD, CONN., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1941.--1[[8?]]
