THE GUBA'S FLIGHT
TAKE-OFF FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA
NEW ROUTE TO LONDON
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
SYDNEY, June 4
The flying-boat Guba left Rose Bay at 3.45 p.m. for Townsville on the first stage of the exploratory Indian Ocean flight.
From the vicinity of Cloncurry it set a direct course for Port Hedland (Western Australia), 2600 miles from Sydney, arriving there at 1.30 a.m. (G.M.T.). (Received June 5, 1-1.20 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Guba left Port Hedland at 10.30 a.m. (G.M.T.), and at 4.36 p.m. a radio message from the fly-ing-boat announced her position as 530. nautical miles from Cocos Island. ' During the flight \across Australia, which was made non-stop, intense cold was experienced, the temperature falling well below zero.
Turbulent air conditions were reported on the first part of the flight to Cocos Island, but later smooth air was experienced.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 130, 5 June 1939, Page 9
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