THE SOUTHERN CROSS
, ARRIVAL ,: :'■'i THE "TRIP OF THEIR LIVES/* ; SYDNEY, June 2& Squadron-Leader Kingsford Smithy Flight : LieutenantSc r T. P. Ulni (ec*pilots), Mr. H. A. Litchfield (navigJK tor), and Mr. T. H. McWjlliams (wireless operator), safely completed tit* first stage, of their flight to England to-day in' the monoplane : South*!* Cross., ''" ' > Th*ey left Richmond on Tuesday at 2.25 p.ni; Sydney time and 'arrived afc Derby, Western Australia, at 12*30 p,tn# Sydney time to-day, thusljeing ill t!w air 22 hours 5 minutes. ... '•■/* -.i. •.✓A wireless message was despatched on landing at Derby, which said: tf Vfe are all very tired after our 22 h&atS in the air, but we had the best trip 60 our lives.' ' ' ./A>i : . The flieTs will leave for about 4 p.m. to-morrow, weather >per* jnitting. The distance from .Derby f» Singapore by air/is about ,1650 mites* and from Singapore to Rangoon aboafc 1000 miles. " ;' ' .''
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Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3103, 27 June 1929, Page 5
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