DAMAGE DONE TO PLANE
AVIATOR’S RETURN POSTPONED SIR CHARLES CHANGES PLAN. Bj’ Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 9.20 p.m. Perth, Sept. 10. When taking off from Marylands aerodrome on the return trip to Melbourne Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s plane hit a drain and the undercarriage was damaged, the flight being postponed. Sir Charles has changed his plans. He is not attempting a non-stop return trip, but will take off at Perth to-morrow before dawn with a light load of petrol. He will refuel at. Forrest, and then fly non-stop to Sydney, where he expects to arrive in the afternoon.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1934, Page 9
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