CROSSING THE LINE
Timid travellers who dread the ordeal of being ducked or shaved when Crossing the Line at sea may take comfort from the promise made by Imperial Airways that passengers crossing the Equator for the first time will not be subjected to these indignities. Instead they will receive an elaborately ornamented scroll with tiie words: This is to certify that has flown over the Equator in the Empire flying-boat Q f thus becoming one of the progressive band of travellers who Cross the Line by air. This will bo signed by the pilot and presented to the passenger.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23097, 23 July 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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