ACTUAL FLYING TIME OF 135 HOURS.
FIRST- FLIGHT AOROSS A^TR^'LiA (Received Dec. 13,, 10 a.m.) 1 MELBQUR^Ij;,;' p'eJ 13 #1 ,- • Captain.. Ros'srSmith's , a£tua]_^-flying time was" 135' .hottrs. An esfSmiriatibn' showed that; bflicia^ seals oh" , essential pai^ts v of tl^e. machine were unbroken. * .' >. ... DARWIN, CDec, 13. Captain Wrigley, Jying from Melbourne to meet Captaui^Ross-Sihith, ha? arrived, thus completing" the first flight across Australia. (Received Dec. 13, 9.10 a.m.) ;;;;,. .-■„,., LONDON,. Dec. 11. All the .newspapers publish leading articles on Captain Ross-Smith andl quoto the King's message that the-suc-cess will Wing Australia nearer the Mother Country, : ?i!: "'"Tlie Daily Telegraph expresses tlie opinion that the flight will rank m air navigation with the efforts of i Columns* and Vasco da Gariia- in ocean navigation. Nevertheless the age of wonders m aviation lies -not behind' us. Captain Alcock states that Captain Ross-Smith's wonderful .achievement is a triumph for British aviation, also a hall-mark of relijtlrilttv aiid endurance for machine and engine.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15091, 13 December 1919, Page 5
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157ACTUAL FLYING TIME OF 135 HOURS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15091, 13 December 1919, Page 5
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