KINGSFORD SMITH
PLIGHT TO AUSTKALIA
PLAN TO BEAT HINKLER
British Official Wireless. (Received 12th July, 11 a-m.)
RUGBY, 11th July.
It is reported at Los Angeles that Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith, who recently flew across the Atlantic in SOi hours, is planning an EnglandAustralia solo flight in a light machine. His route will be via Athens, Calcutta, and Batavia, and he hopes to do the journey in 10 days, thus improving on the existing record of 15 days set up by Mr. Bert Hinkler.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 11, 12 July 1930, Page 9
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