DE PINEDO'S LONG FLIGHT BROOME REACHED Flight Route Map of the Sporting Chief of the Italian Air Staff. SAFELY landed in Australia (at Broome) Wing Commander the Marchese De Pinedo described his remarkable long distance flight which can be followed by ref- .^^ erence to the route map above. From Ku- $$ WW Mm pang to Broome is 570 miles and he covered M *** SM MM^μ the distance in six hours. De Pinedo said mrhb. J&& Mr 4s during the first stage of the flight from Brin- jsg[fis fjffl jU disi to Alexandria, conditions were good but fiT" m m jLp from Bombay to Calcutta was the most un- m comfortable part of the journey, a height of 9,000 feet having to be kept. r% D' j f« mm if THIS is the third flight across De Pinedo on reaching Melbourne 1 Europe to Australia, the two will overhaul his machine and con- previous flights being those of the . tinue his journey. Supplies of 'Shell' *t te S J. r R U OS Q S S .^ th hh hr .°- __ _ . . ... ther Keith Smith, and Parer with Motor Spirit are in readiness at all his mechanic Mdntosh, both in the points of the long journey yet 1920—in all three flights "Shell" to be made >ere he again reaches otor S f pir f it was . cho « e °— ■ because or its superiority in the Italy. air and on the land. wie THE BRITISH IMPERIAL OIL CO. (N.Z.) LTD. GOLLIN & CO. PTY. LTD., Agents.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 134, 9 June 1925, Page 11
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