AVIATION.
AUSTRALIAN ATTEMPTS.
(Per Press Association, Copyright.) (Received November 1, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 30. The SowelWMartinsides Al is nearly completed. A start for Australia is expected iv the near future. The tank capacity has been increased to enable the machine to remain in the air for over .ten hours.
Douglas, pilot of the' Alliance machine ,which is to start in a few days for Australia, is aged 25 years, and hails from Charters Towers. He enlisted at the outbreak of war and served on .'Thursday Island in Oonnection with the expedition to German New Guinea. He sailed for Egypt in the first convoy, and served in France as a machine-gunner. He joined the Flying Corps in 1918, and became an instructor. He holds the D.C.M. and the. M.C. Lieut. Thomas Ross is navigator. Douglas considers that directional wireless alone affords a chance of a successful flight. His proposed route to Australia is by Italy, Greece, Egypt) Bagdad, Bar ache, Calcutta, and Rangoon.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9147, 1 November 1919, Page 5
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