THE USE OF AN AEROPLANE. LIEUTENANT WATKINS IN AUSTRALIA WHAT HE SAYS.
By Tcletmph.^Prtis A isolation -Copyright. (Received September 13. 9.20 a.m.) FREMANTLE, This Day. Lieutenant Watkins, the aviator, who is to accompany the Maweon Antarctic Expedition, has arrived he-re. The aeroplane he will use is fitted with an ice carriage, and will travel sleigh fashion when not in use. The Lieutenant anticipates that the Pofar cold will be no bar tt, flying, and that the machine should prove specially useful for making reconnaissances of traversable routes. In the event of making a dash for the Pole, the aeroplane could stay in the air for five hours, and travel 300 miles there and back in that time. It will bo capable- of carrying olio passea« ger.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 64, 13 September 1911, Page 7
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