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Left From Table
Beach
BROOME, Friday.-Pilot Woods
took off from Table Beach, four milos
from Broome, where there was a thou-
sand yards of straight firm sand after
thc tide had receded. The runway nf
?150 yards a,t Broome was considered
to bc insufficient, but on Table Beac!;
he rose after -100 yards. Tl.ie weather
-avas fine. 'lY/oods is the first overseas
flier to use Broome as a starting
.point." Ile had'sovoral hours slocp'be
fore he departed. .
Shouting. "Thanks Everyone, Good-
bye," Woods raced the machine along
thc beach and after climbing against
thc wind, for throe minutes , turned
back lo his overseas course, flashing
good-bye signals as he passed above
the people on the beach: In three
minutes he was out of sight on thc
way to Sourabaya.
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