A FAST FLIGHT

Evening Star, Issue 21710, 3 May 1934, Page 9

A FAST FLIGHT

AUSTRALIA TO ENGLAND RUBIN AND WALLER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 2. Rubin and Waller, who landed at Eastbourne, having flown from Darwin in eight days twelve hours, had a thrilling moment over the Timor Sea. The engine suddenly ran faultily and / the machine lost height. The men were perturbed, and then remembered that one tank had not been properly tilled. It had run dry, and it was ' only a matter of switching from one tank to the other. They reached Calcutta on April 26, and Aleppo on April 30. They left Rome this morning. They flew blind through a Channel fog till they saw a house, which they recognised as a friend’s .bungalow at Pevensey, and they landed at Eastbourne. Only thirty people saw the landing, their arrival being quite unexpected. Waller explained that when they left Darwin they had no idea of breaking the record, but as they got on they found they were making good time, and decided during the last, two days to go all-out. The'trip was mostly valuable in giving them a better chance in the Melbourne race. The worst section was from Rangoon to Singapore, and from Darwin southwards they flew over rough country with no place for landing. The fog was so bad at Le Touquet that the authorities forbade their departure. Alter waiting tor a while they were allowed to go, having signed a document relieving the aerodrome staff from responsibility.