The Lady Who Flew Africa
1937: Lores Bonney flew from Brisbane, Australia to Cape Town via Cairo becoming the first ever PILOT to make this record flight.
This was after she flew long distance from Brisbane to Wangaratta, Victoria setting a long distance record, then Around Australia "first woman", then Brisbane to England then ...
"...Lores Bonney's VH-UVE, 'My Little Ship II' variously described as a KL31, a KL32V or an Eagle, was registered in Dec. 1935. Lores Bonney flew VH-UVE from Australia to South Africa in this aircraft. It was destroyed in a hangar fire at Archerfield, Queensland, in June 1939".
Quite a remarkable aviation record.