TOO BIG TO FLY
18-STONE MAN MAKES AVIATION HISTORY BRISBANE, Feb. 8. A big man in a hurry is usually at a disadvantage whether he be on foot or horseback, or—as a Sydney visitor has discovered —in an aeroplane. In fact Mie difficulty arises when the out-size one seeks .to board the ’plane. Air. Douglas Graham Dowland, of Sydney, has been visiting Brisbane, and now wishes to return to his home to w n. He called at the office of Airlines of Australia to book a seat on the passenger ’plane for Sydney, but when he admitted that he’ weighed slightly more than 18 stone, the officials consulted their passenger and freight lists, and found they would not. be able to accommodate him until Tuesday. Even then he will have to reduce his baggage to allow for his own weight,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 45, 22 February 1936, Page 2
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