Up in the Clouds.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 75, 20 July 1914, Page 5

Up in the Clouds.

AUSTRALIA’S AERIAL MAIL

COMPLETING THE JOURNEY.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.]

Sydney, July 'lB

Guillaux received an ovation on landing on the sports ground, completing the flight from Melbourne to Sydney. He delivered his aerial mail, including a letter from the Governor of Victoria to the GovernorGeneral. ON THE WING. AIRMAN’S PERILOUS TRIP. (Received 10.15 a.m.) Sydney, July 20. Guillaux’s flying time for the 582 miles was a little over nine hours. The average was 64 miles. He made seven intermediate stops owing to a succession of storms. Heavy rain, intense cold, and the difficulty of piloting over unknown country proved serious setbacks. At various points he rose to great altitudes, as far up as 15,000 ft., to try and escape the storms, which were almost numbing, and he had to steer by the compass. The journey between Harden and Sydney was a perilous one. The wind was so strong, and rain beat so fiercely sometimes, that he nearly capsized.