POLAR EXPEDITION
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THE USE OF AN AEROPLANE LIEUTENANT WATKINS IN AUSTRALIA. (Received September 13, 9.20 a.m.) FREMANTLE, Sept. 12. Lieutenant Watkins, the aviator, who is to aooompany the Mawson Antarctic Expedition, has arrived (here. The areoplane he will use is fitted with an ice carriage, and will travel sleigh fashion when not in use. The Lieutenant anticipates that the Polar cold will be tfo bar to flying, and that t-he machine should prove specially useful for making reconnaissances of traversable routes. In the event of making a dash for the Pole, the aeroplane could stay in tlhe air for fiv-e hours, and travel cOO miles there snd back in that time. lit will be capable of carrying one passenger.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10423, 14 September 1911, Page 5
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126POLAR EXPEDITION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10423, 14 September 1911, Page 5
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