FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA
IN THIRTY SHORT STAGES ALAN OOBHAM'S PLANS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, April 16. It is understood that Mr Alan Cobham’s itinerary for his flight to Australia, is on the verge of completion. It differs materially from the late Sir Ross Smith’s. It consist* chiefly of short stages, nqmber about 30, none of them exceeding 500 miles. Apparently, the ’idea is for quick patrol refills and doing two stages daily, so that if the weather is favourable there is a prospect of cutting off at least a week of Sir Ross Smith’s time of 28 davs.
Cobham will probably cross the straits from Atamboca to Port Darwin and thence fringe Queensland and the Riverina to Melbourne.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260419.2.71
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12424, 19 April 1926, Page 7
Word Count
120FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12424, 19 April 1926, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.