AVIATION
MATTHEWS STARTS. ON RETURN TO ENGLAND. [United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyr'ght] SYDNEY, December 28." Only a small knot of people saw tlie aviator Matthews off on. his return flight to England on Saturday at 11 a.m. 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 two thousand miles cruising range. Matthews expects to hop off from Darwin on Thursday on his first sea leg of the journey. AVIATOR’S. HOPES. (Received this day at 8. a.m.) BRISBANE. Dec. 29. The airman Matthews ha<s arrived and leaves for Longreach in the mornincr. He says he is confident of lowering the flying record from Darwin to London.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1930, Page 5
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125AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 29 December 1930, Page 5
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