SOLO FLIGHT
NEW ZEALANDER IN TINY PLANE. ENGLAND TO DARWIN. (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) Darwin, October 28. The New Zealander, S. G White, of Rahui, Havelock North, who left England on September 18 in a Gypsy Moth on a solo flight to Australia arrived at 1.20 p.m. on Saturday. He earned the admiration of everyone here for a solo flight in a tiny machine. White said he had been taking the journey leisurely and was not out to break records. He experienced several misfortunes. At Jodhpur the engine gave trouble and at Palembang he had malaria fever which delayed him for some days. White carries a spare propeller strapped to the centre section struts.
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Southland Times, Issue 22464, 29 October 1934, Page 5
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117SOLO FLIGHT Southland Times, Issue 22464, 29 October 1934, Page 5
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