Sixteen year old girl to make attempt on Australia flight record . Miss Lealis Mant of Putney , London , a sixteen year old girl who has been flying since she was thriteen years old is completeing preparations at Croydon for an attempt to fly to Australia in Seven days . Her family are co-operating to buy her a De Havilland Puss Moth machine . Miss Leslie Mant in the cockpit of her plane at Croydon aerodrome . 28 June 1932