FAST TRAVELLING
“SMITHY’S” NEW RECORD
272 MILES AN HOUR
SYDNEY, Kept'. 11
Completing his record-breaking .flight from Perth, which was begun .at dawn, Sir Charles Kingst'ord Smith, in the Lady Southern 'Cross, landed at ,Mascot .aerodyome at 4.17 o’clock this .afternoon.
Bis time between Perth and Adelaide was about six hours, an average speed of flfio miles an hour, while at one stage for 44 minutes he maintained a speed of 27,2 miles; an hour. He had a following, wind-mbs,t'of the
wav and rarely Hew below 9000 ft. The actual Hying time ■;between Perth and Sydney, a distance of 2175 .miles, was 9hr.s.' 23min'.' ' ‘/Smithy” refuelled at Adelaide, not at Forrest, as was anticipated. . , • '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18500, 12 September 1934, Page 5
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114FAST TRAVELLING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18500, 12 September 1934, Page 5
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