HOMEWARD BOUND!
MATTHEW’S RETURN FLIGHT PUSS MOTH’S JOURNEY BEGUN | By Telegraph—Press As«ociation—Copyright.] SYDNEY, Des. 27. The weather is fine. Matthews is ready to depart for England but at 10.45 a.m. had not taken off. Matthews departed at 11 o’clock. FEW SPECTATORS. Received, Dec. 28, 7.50 p.m. SYDNEY, Dec. 28. Only a small knot of people saw Matthews off on his return flight to England to-day. His little De Haviland Puss Moth, in which he came from England has been overhauled. He carries a spare propeller and sufficient fuel for eighteen hours flying, practically a 2000 miles cruising range. Matthews expects to hop off from Darwin on Thursday on his first sea leg of the journey.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 460, 29 December 1930, Page 8
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