SYDNEY TO EUROPE.
VIA INDIES AND CHINA. FLIGHT BY AMERICANS. United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received August 3, 9.45 a.m.) LOS ANGELES, August 2: The Australian Press Association, learns of the proposal for a Sydney to Europe flight via the Dutch East Indies, China, and Egypt. Captain James Dickson (pilot) and Arthur Loew (American theatre owner), will sail by the Monterey on September 23, with the Lookhead Orion ’plane which; recently broke the New York-Los Angeles passenger flight record, a distance of 2500 miles in 14 hours 45 minutes. Captain Dickson's office here confirmed the general details of the plan which provides for the ’plane “Spirit of Fun ” to depart from Sydney for; Darwin shortly after the arrival of Monterey.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 7
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121SYDNEY TO EUROPE. Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18705, 3 August 1932, Page 7
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