“SMITHY” LEAVES ATHENS
HOPES FOR RECORD FLIGHT. MELBOURNE ON SATURDAY? (United Press Association —By Electric Copyright). Received 10.30 a.m. - ATHENS, Nov. G. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith arrived at 4.30 p.m. and took off again for Baghdad within an hour and forty minutes. He said everything was going well and the weather was good, but bumpy. Sir Charles Kingsford. Smith and Mr T. Pethybridge left Lympne on their flight to Australia at 6.27 a.m. Sir Charles’ permissible load of petrol from England was 138 gallons, which will enable him to cover about 1100 miles at a cruising speed of 190 miles an hour., but when in Europe be may take on additional petrol. If the early stages of the flight are satisfactory he intends to try to establish a record. His ambition is to reach Melbourne at noon on Saturday, Australian time, which would heat Mr C. W. A. Scott’s record.
A Karachi cable says that Mr C. J. Melrose took off from Jodhpur at 8 a.m. Mr C. A. Broadbent arrived at Karachi last night and set off" for Allahabad at 9.10 a.m. to-day.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 November 1935, Page 5
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