NON-STOP FLIGHT PLANNED
PERTIi, Sept. 23. ■ Coiri.maride'f T. D. Davies, of the Amefiean Loekheed Neptune Patrol, intefids to leave on a nonstop flight •froni Perth to Seattle tomorrowr or Wednesday, taking off in tlie" 6a"rlv morning so that New Guinea may be crossed iri daylight. The machine is a tWlri erigined land plane' of conventionail design, being a midwmg monoplane With sirigle tail and stabiliser. Fuel sufficidnt fof a 9000-mile flight witli adequate reserve is earried in wingtip- tanks and in fuselage tanks inadb of riylofi. On the oritward journey tlie plane eovered 9400 miles in four days.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 September 1946, Page 5
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