AUSTRALIA BY AIR.
OFFICIAL BRITISH FLIGHT. FOUR MACHINES TO BE USED. (British Official Wireless.) (Received June 8. 6.25 p.m.) A. and N.Z. RUGBY. June 7. Group Captain T. R. Cave-Brown-Cave has been posted as commander of the projected Royal Air Force fiight from England to Singapore and on to Australia-Super-marine Southampton flying-boats, fitted with two Napier-Lion, 450 horsepower engines are to be used. The four flying-boats which will make the flight arc of the new metal-hulled type. The hulls are so roomy that there is ample space for the navigators, a chart-room and a wireless operator's section. The machines will be equipped with directional wireless. There will be control and gunnery cock-pits. Space can also be found for collapsible bunks so that the crew may sleep on board. The Times says the flying-boats may ultimately be based permanently at Singapore. ROOK STILL IN EGYPT. TWO FORCED DESCENTS. (Received June 8, 7.42 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Sun. CAIRO. June 7. Tho British airman, Denis Rook, who is flying to Australia in a Moth plane, was compelled to descend twice in the Libyan desert for repairs. He will resume his journey on Juno 14 from Aboukir.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 11
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