BREAKING Hinklers record of 15½ days easily, Wing Commander Kingsford Smith completed his flight from England to Australia when he landed at Darwin yesterday at 1.45 p.m. Smith stated last night that allowing for 9½ hours difference in the time between London and Darwin, his actual time was nine days 21 hours 40 minutes. ...
Article : 1,762 wordsFlight Lieutenant HID ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 5 wordsCaptain Matthews ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 5 wordsCOMPLETING his flight from England, Captain F. R. Matthews. In his Gipsy Moth. landed at Darwin soon after 4.15 p.m. on ...
Article : 142 wordsWLTEVREDEN (java). Sunday. —Flight Lieut. Hill’s machine over-turned at Atamboca yesterday. The engine was damaged. Hill was ...
Article : 84 wordsHILL'S misfortune was told by Smith thus:—"I was flying from Sourabaya to Atamboea and was at the end of ...
Article : 123 wordsMY actual flying time was 13 days," he explained, "but I was out from England a month and a day. When I left Rangoon I was ...
Article : 111 wordsI WAS frightfully sorry to see him, because I considered he had achieved something wonderful in terrible conditions. ...
Article : 90 wordsRAIN made it Impossible to climb or to land and he flew blind for 2½ hours, landing on a patch of grass seen during a lightning ...
Article : 53 wordsLIKE all [?] on flights. Captain Mathew's problem was clothing. He attended the reception given by the Government ...
Article : 70 words"THE undercarriage was damaged, the propeller broken, two wings smashed, the fuselage wreeked and other minor parts damaged. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 wordsHe is a marvel," said the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fenton) last [?] when advised of Squardon Leader Kingsford Smith's ...
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The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), Mon 20 Oct 1930, Page 3
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