AIRLINER’S RECORD
’FRISCO TO MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE, Feb. 11
The first postwar giant air liner to reach Australia landed at Essendon, Melbourne, after a record-breaking flight from San Francisco. The plane, which is a Douglas Skymaster, flew 8075 miles from San Francisco to Essendon in 30 hours 57 minutes’ flying time. The last leg of 2222 miles from Suva to Essendon was flown non-stop. The whole trip took 67hrs. 48min., which eclipsed the time of the trans-Pacific record for a commercial plane carrying passengers and freight.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21944, 12 February 1946, Page 4
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