AIR MAIL DELAYED.
Turns Back When 100 Miles Over Timor Sea. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 16, 2 pm.) DARWIN, This D^y. Strong headwinds over the Timor Sea caused the Imperial Airways air liner Astrea to return to Darwtn after travelling 100 miles from the Australian coast. Captain Youell. who was piloting the Astrea. decided that with only six hours flying range he would have too small a margin of safety for the flight to Koepang. The plane leaves again to-day.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 13
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