READY FOR THE FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.-Dave Smith, the 20-year-old Sydney pilot, photographed with his little brother and grandmother before taking off from the Mascot aerodrome, with Wally Shiers as mechanic, at dawn on May 24. Their venture was attended by bad luck soom after the start, a forced landiag being made 80 miles from Wyndham, in North-west Australia. Their wireless S.O.S. was heard, and they were found by a motor party from Broome.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 110, 5 April 1930, Page 4
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73READY FOR THE FLIGHT TO ENGLAND.-Dave Smith, the 20-year-old Sydney pilot, photographed with his little brother and grandmother before taking off from the Mascot aerodrome, with Wally Shiers as mechanic, at dawn on May 24. Their venture was attended by bad luck soom after the start, a forced landiag being made 80 miles from Wyndham, in North-west Australia. Their wireless S.O.S. was heard, and they were found by a motor party from Broome. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 110, 5 April 1930, Page 4
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