The introduction this month of D.H. 86 aircraft into the oversea air mail service between Britain and Australia will represent the last step in the history of public air transport in Australia, which, starling with the initiation of the Mascot Aerodrome in 1919, has grown to the continent-wide dimensions of to-day. The story of the first passenger flight at Mascot, which Mr. Alexander records here, is of great interest, not only on account of the intrinsic humour of the adventure, but also as an historic document setting out ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,336 wordsTHE first of the new D.H. 86 'planes for the use of Qantas Empire Airways on the Singapore-Darwin section of the England to Australia air mail service arrived ...
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Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wed 30 Jan 1935, Page 11
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