FLIGHTS TO DARWIN
(Press Assn.-
TWO ATTEMPTS TO SET NEW RECORDS PROPOSED WELL-KNOWN AIRMAN'S PLAN
-By Telegraph — Copyright.)
LONDON, Monday. Mr S. Butler, who is well known in Australia, and an experieneed aeroplane pilot and designer, will take off from Lympne on Thursday in an attempt to reach Port Darwin, in seven days. Two brothers, Leslie and Kenneth Hamilton, in a dual-controlled Moth will leave at midnight on Saturday in an attempt to make a record flight to Port Darwin. to Port Darwin. They will remain there a day and then return to London. They intend to do considerable night flying. Two other flights to Australia are being arranged although there will be no attempt on the record.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 50, 21 October 1931, Page 3
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