The Archive · 1934

Flying Down Under

The "imagination reels at the wonderful ight of Scott and Black who covered: the distance between London and Melbourne. in lect than three "days, To. the. airman, ever Breater endurance tis t marveling for higher speeds

Dice of Work. ce-ordnaing cons ate ying' Skil, navigational ability and' remarkable machine fan extremely successful manner. To the native-born Australian of seitier stock, who judged distances. by weeks and months, it is almost Tlracle for "it encompasses early moming breakfast in, England. [Saturday and lunch in Melbourne on Tuesday. "A reader draws. attention tov the "travel experiences of her Parents in the pioneer days to reveal the incredible contrast in communieations between the early days of Melbourne and the present time. Her parents "salled from England Australia T4 years ago in a sailing ship and the voyage lasted ix months." Later on, they decided to move inland and their journey from "Adelaide to Crystal - Brook," South Australia, 2 matter of " hundred or 0 miles as the crow Mes, took them fix weeks travelling by bullock cart only needs now the excavation of that, mythteal "tunnel through the heart of the earth from England JAustralia, "so beloved by" schoo! teachers in their lectures on gravity, prove that the impossible longer exists.

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