AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA
Australia claims to lead the world In virtually every civil aviation activity when calculations are on a population basis, and even without that qualification she is first in freight carried third in route miles fourth in miles flown, fifth in passenger miles and sixth in passengers carried. All the Australian capitals are connected by air. and the Perth-Melbourne gap of 1850 miles is flown one way every day In the last 10 years routes flown have grown from 3507 to 27.691. miles flown from 423,000 to 9,654,678. passengers from 900 to 106,339, and freight from 15,0001 b to 1,345,7911 b,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 6
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103AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA Otago Daily Times, Issue 23894, 23 August 1939, Page 6
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