COBHAM’S FLIGHT.
. EXTRA EDITION.
PLANS FOB HOMEWARD JOURNEY. TRIP OVER AUSTRALIA. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 26. Mr. Alan Gobhain's farewell message from Melbourne was heard distinctly by Mr H. Innes of Parnell. “If I can get, back to England in this same machine. and with the same engine,” said Mr. Cobham, “I shall have accomplished what no man has yet done. In all previous flights the engines have been changed. I am hoping I will be able to break the record. Support your local flying club. These clubs will eventually prove the backbone of flying in Australia, and they need plenty of practical support.” Air Cobham stated that on his homeward journey he should fly from Melbourne to Adelaide and. over Australia to Darwin before bridging the Indian Ocean. He intended, while passing over central Australia, to secure photographs and information showing it was not such a bad place as was made out t-o he.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 26 August 1926, Page 9
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157COBHAM’S FLIGHT. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 26 August 1926, Page 9
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